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Published online 23 November 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041122-8
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Yushchenko's acne points to dioxin poisoning
But experts challenge diagnosis that relies on snapshots of politician.
As disputed presidential election results provoke protests in Kiev, a British toxicologist is supporting candidate Viktor Yushchenko's claim that he was poisoned earlier in the campaign.
Yushchenko, the leader of the opposition, was hospitalized with a mystery illness in September and later claimed that he had been poisoned by the government.
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