Quantitative magnetic resonance brain imaging in US army veterans of the 1991 Gulf War potentially exposed to sarin and cyclosarin

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 761-769

  Heaton, Kristin J ^a,b,c   Palumbo, Carole L ^a,d   Proctor, Susan P ^a,b,c   Killiany, Ronald J ^d,e   Yurgelun Todd, Deborah A ^e,f   White, Roberta F ^a,b,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Chemical warfare agents; Cyclosarin; Gulf War veterans; Iraq; Khamisiyah; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometric analyses; Sarin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSARIN; SARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IRAQ; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VOLUMETRY; WAR; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARIN; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 34447344036     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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