Subacute spinal cord, optic nerve, and peripheral nerve disorders - Subacute spinal cord, optic nerve, and peripheral nerve disorders

...Subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy. SMON is a nerve disorder caused by chinoform, which was sold as an antidiarrheal drug, and by 1972, had affected 11,007 people nationwide.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "subacute spinal cord, optic nerve, and peripheral nerve disorders" is listed below.

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…subacute myelo‐optico‐neuropathy(亜急性脊髄･視神経･末梢神経障害)の略。スモンは，下痢止めとして市販されていたキノホルムにより生ずる神経障害で，1972年までに全国で1万1007人の患者をもたらした。…

※「亜急性脊髄・視神経・末梢神経障害」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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