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n-Hexane intoxication in a Chinese medicine pharmaceutical plant: a case report

BACKGROUND: n-Hexane is a well-known neurotoxicant. Polyneuropathy due to occupational n-hexane exposure has been reported worldwide, however, our case is the first report in the Chinese herb industry. CASE PRESENTATION: A 25-year-old Asian man experienced progressive weakness and numbness in his ha...

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Autores principales: Pan, Jo-Hui, Peng, Chiung-Yu, Lo, Chung-Ting, Dai, Chia-Yen, Wang, Chao-Ling, Chuang, Hung-Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5410082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28454586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1280-9