Characterizing Gulf War Illnesses: Neurally mediated hypotension and postural tachycardia syndrome

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1421-1427

  Lucas, Katherine E ^a,b   Armenian, Haroutune K ^b   Debusk, Karen ^a   Calkins, Hugh G ^a,b   Rowe, Peter C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TILT-TABLE TEST; VETERANS;

EID: 29244469075     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.06.034     Document Type: Article

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