Chronic fluorine intoxication from drinking water
1955
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International Archives of Allergy
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Waldbott GL.
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7:70-74.
Summary
The case of ? 35-year-old woman is described presenting stiffness and severe pain in the spine, gastric disturbances, stomatitis, paresthesias in legs and arms, especially in the u1nar nerve area, loss of mental acuity, visual disturbances and extreme general malaise.
On1y ? few clear-cut objective findings were noted, namely: decreased muscular power in the ulnar nerve area, stomatitis and brittle nails. Consu1tants in various specialties felt that this patient was afflicted with an o