Haff disease: from the Baltic Sea to the U.S. shore.

Haff disease, identified in Europe in 1924, is unexplained rhabdomyolysis in a person who ate fish in the 24 hours before onset of illness. We describe a series of six U.S. patients from 1997 and report new epidemiologic and etiologic aspects. Although Haff disease is traditionally an epidemic foodb...

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Autores principales: Buchholz, U, Mouzin, E, Dickey, R, Moolenaar, R, Sass, N, Mascola, L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10756156
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Sumario:Haff disease, identified in Europe in 1924, is unexplained rhabdomyolysis in a person who ate fish in the 24 hours before onset of illness. We describe a series of six U.S. patients from 1997 and report new epidemiologic and etiologic aspects. Although Haff disease is traditionally an epidemic foodborne illness, these six cases occurred in two clusters and as one sporadic case.

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