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Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome reached epidemic proportions in 1989. Its precise etiology remains uncertain, yet virtually all cases were associated with the ingestion of L-tryptophan containing trace amounts of several chemicals. Clinical and pathologic features of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome are
Toxic oil syndrome burst upon the scene in Spain in May of 1981, draining the resources of a newly evolving political and social medicine system. The vehicle of the causative toxic agent was identified as an illicit oil that had been diverted from industrial use and refined in order to remove the
The recognition of the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome associated with L-tryptophan in the United States during 1989 as a disorder resembling the previously described 1981 toxic oil syndrome of Spain has established an increased level of consciousness regarding drug and toxin associated diseases. Both
In 1981-1982, individuals in fourteen central and northwest provinces in Spain were affected by an illness that was eventually labeled toxic oil syndrome (TOS) by the World Health Organization. Thousands of individuals were diagnosed with, and 356 people eventually died from, the disease. The