The SMF generated by a 0.5 T superconducting MRI unit modified in vitro activation marker expression and interleukin release from human PBMC.

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These results indicate that static magnetic fields (SMF) can give rise to transient biological effects on T lymphocytes and the present system is a sensitive model for understanding the effects of MF on the immune system.

A 44-year-old female is described who developed persistent upper extremity and orolingual dystonia several weeks after suspected onset of central pontine myelinolysis (CPM), later confirmed by characteristic pontine lesions on MRI. No foci of the extrapontine myelinolysis were evident. This case confirms that dystonia may be a late and persistent sequela of CPM and may occur in the absence of visible lesions outside the brainstem.

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