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Experimental Myelopathy and Encephalopathy Induced by Actinomycin D

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The antibiotic actinomycin D, together with similar actinomycin compounds, was isolated from cultures of Streptomyces and described according to chemical structure [1–6]. A highly labeled actinomycin D was recently synthesized [7]. The toxicity of the actinomycins in animals has been studied [8, 9], and their therapeutic usefulness and toxic manifestations in humans are known [10, 11].

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    Joseph Wortis M.D. (Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry) (Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry)

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Rowley, W.F., Young, I.J. (1967). Experimental Myelopathy and Encephalopathy Induced by Actinomycin D. In: Wortis, J. (eds) Recent Advances in Biological Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8228-7_18

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