multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome (MCSS)
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Introduction
Patients develop symptoms on exposure to trace amounts of chemicals, generally in the workplace. Symptoms involve the nervous, immune, muscular, endocrine & genitourinary systems. Objective evidence of disease is lacking by physical examination or laboratory analysis. Patients are generally polysymptomatic, with manifestation of anxiety, depression, somatization, conversion & phobias.
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References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- ↑ Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Syndrome (MCSS) http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/mcss.htm
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