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We present the case of a 35-year-old male patient with severe myalgia and arthralgia in combination with fatigue, nocturnal sweating, leucocytosis and eosinophilia after a history of two months treatment of sleep disturbances with L-tryptophane in a daily dose of 1500 mg. Four months after discontinuation of treatment symptoms are still present.
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Zöllner, N., Sorg, M. & Krüger, K. Eosinophilie-Myalgie-Syndrom unter der Einnahme von L-Tryptophan. Klin Wochenschr 68, 739–742 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01647583
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