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Old 03-28-2008, 09:54 AM #5
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Department of Defense has an assistance line for health matters relating to the Gulf War. I contacted them yesterday and asked them for a rough estimate of how many MG cases are being reported to them from Gulf War veterans. The lady told me it's about one case of MG reported for every 100 that have contacted them. That is tremendously high when compared to occurrence rates in the regular population. It certainly looks like something that needs a lot more study! It is interesting that the Veterans Administration has named MG a presumptive condition. In other words, they are assuming in many cases that military service in the Gulf is linked to MG. That could help a lot of veterans with medical assistance or disability compensation.
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