persian gulf syndrome

Preferred Label : persian gulf syndrome;

MeSH 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);

MeSH synonym : syndrome, gulf war; syndrome, persian gulf; gulf war syndrome;

MeSH annotation : coord IM with specific dis or manifest (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian gulf syndrome;

Details

Origin ID

D018923;

UMLS CUI

C0282550;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- veterans and military health [MedlinePlus Topic]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Gulf war syndrome [PASCAL descriptor]
- Gulf war syndrome [Disease (Nov.)]
- Gulf war syndrome [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Gulf war syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gulf war syndrome, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- persian gulf syndrome [DO Concept]
DO Cross reference
- persian gulf syndrome [DO Concept]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- veterans and military health [MedlinePlus Topic]
Metaterm(s)
- military medicine [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- persian gulf syndrome [MeSH concept]
See also
- Open Waste Burning [MeSH Descriptor]
- environmental exposure [MeSH Descriptor]
- multiple chemical sensitivity [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- gulf war [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Gulf war syndrome [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Gulf war syndrome [PASCAL descriptor]
- Gulf war syndrome [Disease (Nov.)]
- Gulf war syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- gulf war syndrome, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- persian gulf syndrome [DO Concept]

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