PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMY+PHYSIOLOGY
PRINCIPLES OF ANATOMY+PHYSIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781119821823
Author: Tortora
Publisher: WILEY C
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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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