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LLow (transmissions)
LLeft
LLiter
L50 (Roman numeral)
LLine
LLocal
LLinks (German: left)
LLevel
LLatin
LLimited Time (broadcasting operating schedules)
LLoss
LLarge (size)
LLake
LLow Risk
LLimited (Catholic movie rating)
LLight (Infantry)
LLabel
LLiterature
LLoad
LLimited Distribution
LLesbian
LLaser (US military aircraft basic mission designation)
LLicense (Microsoft)
LLeipzig (auto license plate)
LCentral Ontario (postal code designation, Canada)
LLecture
LLegal Affairs
LLei (Law)
LLap (welded joint type)
LLire (Italian currency)
LLaunch
LLuxembourg (ISO Country Identifier)
LLaughing
LLoop (train transportation system)
LLima
LFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (designates original point of circulation of a dollar bill)
LLiverpool (postcode, United Kingdom)
LLoser
LLatency (network communications)
LLockheed (as in L-1011)
LLibertarian (political party)
LLibra (Latin: Pound)
LLiberty Media Corporation (stock symbol)
LLeader Program
LCold Weather (US military aircraft modified mission symbol)
LPolymerase (virus protein identifier)
LLigand (chemistry)
LLogarithmic (complexity theory)
LLuminosity
LInductance
LLeucine (amino acid)
LLongacre (designer of Indian Head penny; mint mark)
LLewisite
LLinesman (high school football; similar to head linesman)
LLumbar Vertebra (prefix, as in L-1, L-2)
LLength of leg
LLevorotary (optical rotation)
LAzimuthal Quantum Number (used in formulae in quantum physics)
L$100 Cigar
LLord or Baron (British title of nobility)
LLavorotatory
LLaser Research and Technology Division (LANL)
LUS DoT tire speed rating (75 mph)
LLength of side or any unspecified length


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Chelation (pronounced Kee la shun) therapy started during World War I when poison gas (Lewisite) affected soldiers were treated with a chelating agent Dimercapol also known as British Anti Lewisite (BAL).
By late 1918, 10 tons per day of lewisite were being produced in Cleveland, with the goal of having 3,000 tons for battlefield use by March 1, 1919.
The exclusion criteria for experimental and epidemiologic studies were a) no original research (reviews, editorials, nonresearch letters); b) studies performed only on people with diabetes, including case reports; c) lack of outcomes related to diabetes or glucose metabolism; d) no data on arsenic exposure; e) experiments in nonmammalian cells, or noncellular experiments; f) animal studies administering a single dose of arsenic; and g) culture cell experiments using lewisite or oxophenylarsine.
 
 
 
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