Gulf war syndrome: Could it be triggered by biological warfare-vaccines using pertussis as an adjuvant?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-292

  Tournier, J N ^a,b   Jouan, A ^a   Mathieu, J ^a   Drouet, E ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

^b EA 2939 GDR CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; STRESS; VACCINATION; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PERTUSSIS VACCINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0035996665     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1542     Document Type: Article

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