Evaluation of neuromuscular symptoms in UK Gulf War veterans: A controlled study

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1681-1687

  Rose, M R ^a,b   Sharief, M K ^a,b   Priddin, J ^a   Nikolaou, V ^a   Hull, L ^a   Unwin, C ^a   Ajmal Ali, R ^b   Sherwood, R A ^b   Spellman, A ^a   David, A ^a   Wessely, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FOREARM; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 8644248326     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000142600.17167.0E     Document Type: Article

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