Cholinergic autonomic dysfunction in veterans with gulf war illness: Confirmation in a population-based sample

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-200

  Haley, Robert W ^a   Charuvastra, Elizabeth ^b   Shell, William E ^b   Buhner, David M ^a,c   Marshall, W Wesley ^a,d   Biggs, Melanie M ^a   Hopkins, Steve C ^a   Wolfe, Gil I ^a,e   Vernino, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Targeted Medical Pharma Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Wesmar Solutions Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC SYMPTOM PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLINERGIC AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; COMPOSITE AUTONOMIC SEVERITY SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SUDOMOTOR AXON REFLEX TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VETERAN;

EID: 84874061611     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.596     Document Type: Article

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