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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Ever heard of Chinese Restaurant Syndrome? Updated

From a letter in the 1968 NEJM:

Ever heard of Chinese Restaurant Syndrome? http://t.co/VO7pvItjDF Anyone know if he ever got an answer? pic.twitter.com/zdgBIagW72
— Joel Topf (@kidney_boy) October 9, 2014

In a world full of weird coincidences, just days after that tweet, Ira Flatow from Science Friday fame covered Chinese Food Syndrome:

Omg! Science Friday with Ira Flato just referenced Chinese Food Syndrome and that letter from 1968. Weird. http://t.co/oOmvsXnN4Z
— Joel Topf (@kidney_boy) October 10, 2014

Joel Topf, MD FACP

I am a board certified clinical nephrologist in Detroit. I am a partner at St Clair Nephrology. I am an Assistant Clinical Professor at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and part of the faculty for The St John Hospital and Medical Center Nephrology Fellowship. I have an offices at St Johns Moross, Roseville and Farmington Hills. I am the medical director of St Clair Nephrology Research.

The best way to contact me is by twitter @Kidney_boy, (check out my best tweets at Favstar) or Facebook.

COI: I am on the speakers bureau for Astute Medical. I have an ownership stake in four Davita run dialysis clinics and one vascular access center. Astellas paid for my trip to Australia (Feb '15) for me to speak at one meeting and three hospitals. Takeda Oncology made a donation to MM4MM the program that is taking me to Mount Everest in 2018.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

Ever heard of Chinese Restaurant Syndrome? Updated