Learning and memory difficulties after environmental exposure to waterways containing toxin-producing Pfiesteria or Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates.

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Published in Lancet on August 15, 1998

Authors

L M Grattan1, D Oldach, T M Perl, M H Lowitt, D L Matuszak, C Dickson, C Parrott, R C Shoemaker, C L Kauffman, M P Wasserman, J R Hebel, P Charache, J G Morris

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.

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