User talk:Comms50

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MaenK.A._Talk 08:30, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Interesting that you created an anonymous account to ask about the credential of other Wiki editors. But here you are, you need to search for J. Heilman [1]. So to answer your questions

If one looks at pubmed many refs refer to the cause as unknown. Here is one ref Ismail K, Lewis G (2006). "Multi-symptom illnesses, unexplained illness and Gulf War Syndrome". Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. 361 (1468): 543–51. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1815. PMC 1569616. PMID 16687260. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help) I think it would be better to call this over stating the certainty of the cause of the condition. Here it was stated in the lead that "Exposure to toxic chemicals is the cause of the illness." This ref here says it may be due to immunization Appel S, Chapman J, Shoenfeld Y (2007). "Infection and vaccination in chronic fatigue syndrome: myth or reality?". Autoimmunity. 40 (1): 48–53. doi:10.1080/08916930701197273. PMID 17364497. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

This paper states Thomas HV, Stimpson NJ, Weightman AL, Dunstan F, Lewis G (2006). "Systematic review of multi-symptom conditions in Gulf War veterans". Psychol Med. 36 (6): 735–47. doi:10.1017/S0033291705006975. PMID 16438740. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) "There have been a number of suggestions that physical exposures such as multiple vaccinations, depleted uranium and oil fires might have caused illness in Gulf War veterans. This study has not focused on this question because most research into illness in Gulf War veterans began some years after the conflict ended and so it was difficult to establish exposure data without introducing bias." I agree that researchers have suggested possible causes but none of these suggestions are conclusive. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:42, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Two other refs that say similar things [2] and [3] Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:51, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]