Purpose: To report a case of achromatopsia with a new mutation in the gene which has not been previously described.
Methods: Case report.
Patients: A single patient.
The first European case of tetrodotoxin intoxication is reported in a patient who ingested a trumpet shellfish from the Atlantic Ocean in Southern Europe. He suffered general acute paralysis with respiratory failure necessitating ventilation. Early neurophysiologic studies showed complete peripheral nerve inexcitability, with no recordable sensory or motor responses, and normal electroencephalography.
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