Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology
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ISBN: 9781119329398
Author: Gerard J Tortora, Bryan Derrickson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
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A child learns to crawl and pulls the body onto the window sill. He ingests the lead contained in the paint on the wood of the window sill. His mother observes that he behaves in an odd manner. Determine the effect of lead-induced demyelination disorder.

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Children, who live in homes with lead-based paints, are at a greater risk of lead poisoning. Lead causes damage to myelin sheaths of neuron and leads to a disorder termed as demyelinating disorder.

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