RT Journal
A1 Hunt SC, Richardson RD
T1 CHronic multisystem illness among gulf war veterans
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1999
FD July 28
VO 282
IS 4
SP 327
OP 329
DO 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-282-4-jbk0728
UL http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-282-4-jbk0728
AB 
To the Editor: The findings of Dr Fukuda et
al1 that certain symptom presentations that
clinicians are seeing may not be unique to Gulf War veterans confirms our
clinical impression. It is particularly interesting that the authors report
increased prevalences of diarrhea among individuals with relatively severe
cases of "multisymptom illness" (77% with diarrhea) and mild to moderate cases
(26% with diarrhea) compared with a low prevalence of diarrhea in noncases
(2%). They surmise that these symptoms may represent irritable bowel syndrome
(IBS).