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Acute Demyelinating Disease after Oral Therapy with Herbal Extracts

Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Central nervous system demyelinating processes such as multiple sclerosis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis constitute a group of diseases not completely understood in their physiopathology. Environmental and toxic insults are thought to play a role in priming autoimmunity. The aim of the present report is to describe a case of acute demyelinating disease with fatal outcome occurring 15 days after oral exposure to herbal extracts.
DOI: 10.1159/000329734
Authors: Alex Kostianovsky, Patricio Maskin, María M. Noriega, Cristina Soler, Ignacio Bonelli, Claire S. Riley, Kevin C. O’Connor, Cristián López Saubidet, Paulino A. Alvarez
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,030
OpenAlex ID: W2062072011
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Cites: 13
Cited by: 4
Related to: 10