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Brain Correlates of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Protection in Gulf War Illness (GWI).
EBioMedicine - 1 Nov 2016
James Lisa M, Engdahl Brian E, Leuthold Arthur C, Georgopoulos Apostolos P
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BACKGROUND: We recently reported that six alleles from class II genes of the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) confer protection from Gulf War Illness (GWI) (Georgopoulos et al., 2015). The most significant effect is exerted on Neurological-Cognitive-Mood (NCM), Pain, and Fatigue symptoms, such that higher number of copies of the protective alleles are associated with lower symptom severity. Here we tested the...
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