Peripheral cholinergic function in humans with chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome and with illness following organophosphate exposure

Clinical Science

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Khan, Faisel ^a   Kennedy, Gwen ^a   Spence, Vance A ^a   Newton, David J ^a   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholinergic function; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Gulf War syndrome; Laser Doppler imaging; Microcirculation; Organophosphate

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINESTERASE; METHACHOLINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSECTICIDES; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME;

EID: 1242284394     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030246     Document Type: Article

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