Haff disease is the development of rhabdomyolysis (swelling and breakdown of skeletal muscle, with a risk of acute kidney failure) within 24 hours of ingesting fish. ==History== It was first described in 1924 in the vicinity of Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia) on the Baltic coast, in people staying around the haff (German: lagoon). O...
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Haemoglobinuria, muscular weakness, and pains in the limbs, occurring in persons living in the vicinity of the Haff inlet, caused by arsenic poisoning from waste in a celluloid factory. ... Origin: Haff, an arm of the Baltic Sea in East Prussia ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(hahf) rhabdomyolysis following consumption of fish of certain types, caused by an as yet unidentified toxin, originally seen among fishermen of the Königsberg (or Frisches) Haff, a lagoon off the Baltic Sea during the 1920s.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: hŏf Definitions: 1. rhabdomyolysis resultant from an unidentified toxin contained in some fish, including turbot and buffalo fish.
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