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Neuropsychological study of ciguatera fish poisoning: a longitudinal case-control study

Melissa Friedman, Patricia L. Arena, Bonnie Levin +7 more2007Archives of Clinical NeuropsychologyJournal Article
10.1016/j.acn.2007.03.003PubMed
Neurological
Dinoflagellates/Ciguatera

Abstract

Untreated ciguatera was associated acutely with significant subjective neurotoxicity symptoms and anxiety which were transient, but not with objectively measured cognitive changes. Future investigation with a larger sample size is warranted.

Symptom Clusters

anxietyneurotoxicity symptoms

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