Abstract
A patient exposed to agent orange and a gunshot wound during the Vietnam War has developed multiple medical problems including nocardiosis, onychomycosis (Trichophyton rubrum), multiple thromboembolic episodes, hemochromatosis, diabetes mellitus type 2, diabetic neuropathy, activated protein C resistance (without Leyden V 1st mutation), degree A-V block, lung cancer (metastatic adenocarcinoma), carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / toxicity*
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / toxicity*
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Agent Orange
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Arthritis / etiology
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Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / etiology
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Defoliants, Chemical / toxicity*
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Environmental Exposure
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Humans
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Infections / etiology
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Lung Neoplasms / etiology
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Male
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Metabolic Diseases / etiology
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Middle Aged
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Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / toxicity*
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Veterans
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Vietnam Conflict
Substances
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Defoliants, Chemical
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Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
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Agent Orange
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2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid