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Neurotoxic Effects of Hexacarbons (n-Hexane, Methyl-n-Butylketones; 2,5-Hexane-Dione; 1,4-Diketones)

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Nervous System

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Lesions in the peripheral and central nervous system are not seen grossly.

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  1. Gisela Stoltenburg-Didinger
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  2. Holger Altenkirch
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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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Stoltenburg-Didinger, G., Altenkirch, H. (1988). Neurotoxic Effects of Hexacarbons (n-Hexane, Methyl-n-Butylketones; 2,5-Hexane-Dione; 1,4-Diketones). 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_6

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