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Pamela Kaires, MD
San Diego, Calif

JAMA. 1997;278(5):385.

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To the Editor.

—After reading the articles by Dr Haley et al^1-3 on Gulf War illness, I would fault the opinions of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses⁴ and Dr Landrigan⁵ for downplaying the neuropsychological findings and highlighting stress-related factors. If this information was known in September 1995, it is disturbing that 1 conclusion of the Presidential Advisory Committee was not to expand detailed neuropsychological studies for veterans with cognitive complaints as standard assessment despite the increased cost of the evaluation. It is also disturbing that the second conclusion highlighted was not to expand the studies on the effects of the combination of N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) and pyridostigmine bromide as well as sarin. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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