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    Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1990;92(1):63-5.

    Fluorotic radiculomyelopathy in a Libyan male.

    Maloo JC, Radhakrishnan K, Thacker AK, Mousa ME.

    Neurology Unit, Al-Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya.

    A middle-aged male resident of Benghazi, northeastern Libya, with radiological features of skeletal fluorosis associated with cervical radiculomyelopathy is reported. This is believed to be the first documentation of such a disorder from this non-tropical, non-endemic region.

    PMID: 2154357 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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