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Experimental Demyelination and Remyelination of Murine Spinal Cord by Focal Injection of Lysolecithin
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A case of organic solvent exposure and temporal lobe demyelination
M S Gatley1, G A Kelly, I W Turnbull
1Department of Occupational Health, North Manchester General Hospital, UK.
The Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 42-year-old, previously healthy man, developed dizziness and headaches. A CT scan revealed areas of demyelination in the left temporal lobe. He had been exposed to large amounts of organic solvents for most of his working life and as other possibilities could be excluded it was suspected that this was the cause.
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