persian gulf syndrome
MONDO:0005907Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names persian gulf syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Unexplained symptoms reported by veterans of the Persian Gulf War with Iraq in 1991. The symptoms reported include fatigue, skin rash, muscle and joint pain, headaches, loss of memory, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms, and extreme sensitivity to commonly occurring chemicals. (Nature 1994 May 5;369(6475):8)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005907), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of