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  • Title: Gulf War Illnesses are autoimmune conditions caused by the direct effect of the nerve gas prophylaxis drug (pyridostigmine bromide) on anergic immune system lymphocytes.
    Author: Moss JI.
    Journal: Med Hypotheses; 2019 Nov; 132():109373. PubMed ID: 31450077.
    Abstract:
    Immune system dysregulation in 1991 Gulf War Veterans was caused in part by the nerve gas prophylactic drug pyridostigmine bromide (PB) by direct agonist activation of muscarinic receptors on anergic B and T lymphocytes, leading to multiple types of autoimmune illnesses, and this effect may have been potentiated by combat stress.
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