Impaired immune function in Gulf War Illness

BMC Medical Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Whistler, Toni ^a   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^b,c   Lonergan, William ^a   Zeng, Xiao R ^b,c   Lin, Jin Mann ^a   Laperriere, Arthur ^b   Vernon, Suzanne D ^a,d   Klimas, Nancy G ^b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d The Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndromes (CFIDS) Association of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PERFORIN;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 62749195553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17558794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-8794-2-12     Document Type: Article

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