Acetylcholinesterase inhibition and Gulf War illnesses: Conclusions are not supported by independent reviews of the same evidence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Blazer, Dan ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^b   Hotopf, Matthew ^c   Macfarlane, Gary ^d   Sim, Malcolm ^e   Smith, Tyler C ^f   Wessely, Simon ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN; WAR; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NOTE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; GULF WAR; HUMANS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; VETERANS;

EID: 44049101122     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802669105     Document Type: Letter

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