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  • Title: [Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome following administration of a L-tryptophan preparation].
    Author: Frick P, Frey R.
    Journal: Schweiz Med Wochenschr; 1990 Nov 03; 120(44):1633-5. PubMed ID: 2251478.
    Abstract:
    An unusual new syndrome of eosinophilia and myalgia linked with the ingestion of L-tryptophan has recently been recorded in the USA. Some of the cases were lethal. In this report we describe a severe case of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome observed in a woman in Switzerland who fortunately recovered after one and a half years' duration. Thus far it is not clear if L-tryptophan or a contamination of the tryptophan is the cause of the syndrome.
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