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Brain Abnormalities in Gulf War Syndrome: Evaluation with H MR Spectroscopy Radiology 215:807-817, Haley,R.W.,et al, 2000 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The N-acetylaspartate-to-creatine (NAA/Cr) ratio, which reflects functional neuronal mass, was significantly lower in the basal ganglia and brainstem of Gulf War veterans with the three syndromes than in those structures of the control subjects (P = .007). The finding was corroborated in the replication sample (P = .002). Veterans with syndrome 2 (the most severe clinically) had evidence of decreased NAA/Cr in both the basal ganglia and the brainstem; those with syndrome 1, in the basal ganglia only; and those with syndrome 3, in the brainstem only. Veterans with different Gulf War syndromes have biochemical evidence of neuronal damage in different distributions in the basal ganglia and brainstem.

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