Blood Biomarkers of Chronic Inflammation in Gulf War Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than twenty years following the end of the 1990-1991 Gulf War it is estimated that approximately 300,000 veterans of this conflict suffer from an unexplained chronic, multi-system disorder known as Gulf War Illness (GWI). The etiology of GWI may be exposure to chemical toxins, but it remains only partially defined, and its case definition is based only on symptoms. Objective criteria for the diagnosis of GWI are urgently needed for diagnosis and therapeutic research.

Objective

This study was designed to determine if blood biomarkers could provide objective criteria to assist diagnosis of GWI.

Design

A surveillance study of 85 Gulf War Veteran volunteers identified from the Department of Veterans Affairs Minnesota Gulf War registry was performed. All su

SUBMITTER: Johnson GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4924830 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature