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Japanese SMON tragedy haunts families and courts
Keiko Yamaguchi of Isehara, blind and paralyzed by SMON after quinoform use, epitomizes a nationwide disaster that has left 11,000 victims in Japan and sparked thousands of lawsuits seeking compensation. The drug, banned in Japan since 1970, remains sold abroad.
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