Haff disease
Haff dis·ease
(hŏf),rhabdomyolysis resultant from an unidentified toxin contained in some fish, including turbot and buffalo fish.
[Haff, an arm of the Baltic Sea in East Prussia]
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Aetiology Ingestion of fish tainted with cellulose-derived toxic resins and/or arsine from paper-processing plants that discharged waste into Haff waters had been postulated; more recently, an unidentified toxins in eels and fish have been blamed
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Haff disease
(hăf) [First described in persons living along the Konigsberg Haff, a German inlet of the Baltic Sea]A rare syndrome of rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) from eating certain kinds of fish. It is believed to result from ingestion of a marine toxin.
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