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DURING the course of rachitogenic experiments with white rats it was noticed that if the rats were kept for prolonged periods on Steenbock's No. 2965 diet, a progressive paralysis of the hind limbs developed.
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SHAPIRO, H. Paralysis Produced in White Rats by a Rachitogenic Diet. Nature 147, 362–363 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147362a0
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