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Biowarfare
Study findings from Linkoping University provide new insights into biowarfare
June 21st, 2009
In this recently published article, scientists in Sweden conducted a study "To report the detailed clinical and in vivo confocal microscopic findings in a patient with delayed-onset mustard gas keratitis observed 20 years after initial exposure. A 38-year-old man who was exposed to mustard gas in Iraq at the age of 19 years was examined after presenting with ocular symptoms 17 years after initial recovery from the exposure." "Slit-lamp biomicroscopy, corneal topography, and in vivo confocal microscopy were performed on both corneas. The clinical symptoms were consistent with a delayed form of mustard gas keratitis, although the patient had clear central corneas and...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2009-06-21)
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