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Tellurium Poisoning, Rat

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Nervous System

Part of the book series: Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals ((LABORATORY))

Abstract

In the congenital form of tellurium poisoning, the principal effects visible to the naked eye are paralysis and hydrocephalus. In the adult, acute toxicity due to tellurium does not result in any gross lesions. Chronic toxicity results in diffuse, dark gray discoloration of the cerebral cortex.

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  1. Kenneth R. Reuhl
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  1. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, Southborough, MA, 01772, USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D.V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) & Ronald Duncan Hunt D.V.M. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) &  (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

  2. Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 3000, Hannover 61, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M.D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

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Reuhl, K.R. (1988). Tellurium Poisoning, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Nervous System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83516-2_18

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