Pulmonary disease associated with L-tryptophan-induced eosinophilic myalgia syndrome: clinical and pathologic features

Authors :: Tazelaar, Henry D.
Myers, Jeffrey L.
Drage, Charles W.
King, Jr., Talmadge E.
Aguayo, Samuel
Colby, Thomas V.
Source :: Chest. May 1990, Vol. 97 Issue 5, p1032, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 1990
Abstract: Tablets and capsules containing the essential amino acid L-tryptophan are currently being investigated as a cause of the newly recognized eosinophilia/myalgia syndrome. In the five histologically documented cases reported herein, [...]

Subjects :: Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome -- Complications and side effects
Lung diseases -- Causes of -- Complications and side effects
Tryptophan -- Complications and side effects
Health
Complications and side effects
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