Compared to healthy volunteers, affected U.S. government personnel did not exhibit MRI-detectable brain injury or biological abnormalities that would explain symptoms.
Using advanced imaging techniques and in-depth clinical assessments, a research team at the DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.2424
“Clinical, Biomarker, and Research Tests Among US Government Personnel and Their Family Members Involved in Anomalous Health Incidents” by Leighton Chan, Mark Hallett, Chris K. Zalewski, Carmen C. Brewer, Cris Zampieri, Michael Hoa, Sara M. Lippa, Edmond Fitzgibbon, Louis M. French, Anita D. Moses, André J. van der Merwe, Carlo Pierpaoli, L. Christine Turtzo, Simge Yonter, Pashtun Shahim, NIH AHI Intramural Research Program Team, Brian Moore, Lauren Stamps, Spencer Flynn, Julia Fontana, Swathi Tata, Jessica Lo, Mirella A. Fernandez, Annie-Lori Joseph, Jesse Matsubara, Julie Goldberg, Thuy-Tien D. Nguyen, Noa Sasson, Justine Lely, Bryan Smith, Kelly A. King, Jennifer Chisholm, Julie Christensen, M. Teresa Magone, Chantal Cousineau-Krieger, Rakibul Hafiz, Amritha Nayak, Okan Irfanoglu, Sanaz Attaripour, Chen Lai and Wendy B. Smith, 18 March 2024, JAMA.
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.2413