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Article: Rhinolaryngoscopic examination of patients with the multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome.
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- January 1, 1993
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CLINICIANS in several specialties are increasingly confronted by patients who claim that a variety of symptoms are caused by exposures to multiple odorous chemical inhalants. A consensus is developing that better data are needed concerning this condition. A recent workshop by the National Research Council recommended well-designed clinical studies for this condition. In anticipation of such studies, an anomaly observed in these patients during the past year is reported.
The characteristics of chemical sensitivity, as reported in an early description, are given in Table 1.[2] Although a population of patients alleged to have this syndrome exists, there are no firm ...