Gulf War

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Also known as Kuwait War, Iraq War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, First Iraq War, Persian Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Video Game War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts were in two phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, from the bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January until the American-led liberation of Kuwait on 28 February.

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The Gulf War was a war that took place from August 2, 1990, to February 28, 1991. The conflict involved participants including Egypt, Ba'athist Iraq, Kuwait, and the United States. It occurred in locations such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Israel.

The war included Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Significant persons associated with the event were Hafez al-Assad, George H. W. Bush, Saddam Hussein, and Hosni Mubarak. The subject is distinct from the Iraq War and the Iran–Iraq War. It is referenced by 11,321 other encyclopedia articles.

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Photobiomodulation for Gulf War Illness?Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery · 2022Hamblin MRDOI: 10.1089/photob.2022.0052
Oligodendrocyte involvement in Gulf War Illness.ReviewGlia · 2019Belgrad J, Dutta DJ, Bromley-Coolidge S et al.DOI: 10.1002/glia.23668
Gulf War Illness: Mechanisms Underlying Brain Dysfunction and Promising Therapeutic Strategies.ReviewPharmacology & therapeutics · 2021Dickey B, Madhu LN, Shetty AKDOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2020.107716
Gulf war illness, post-HPV vaccination syndrome, and Macrophagic Myofasciitis. Similar disabling conditions possibly linked to vaccine-induced autoimmune dysautonomia.Autoimmunity reviews · 2020Martinez-Lavin M, Tejada-Ruiz MDOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102603
Progression of intervention-focused research for Gulf War illness.ReviewMilitary Medical Research · 2019Chester JE, Rowneki M, Van Doren W et al.DOI: 10.1186/s40779-019-0221-x
Gulf War Illness: Challenges Persist.ReviewTransactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association · 2015Nettleman M
Gulf War illness: an overview of events, most prevalent health outcomes, exposures, and clues as to pathogenesis.ReviewReviews on environmental health · 2015Kerr KJDOI: 10.1515/reveh-2015-0032
Depleted uranium and Gulf War Illness: Updates and comments on possible mechanisms behind the syndrome.ReviewEnvironmental research · 2020Bjørklund G, Pivina L, Dadar M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108927

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