MR findings of Minamata disease - Organic mercury poisoning

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 308-316

  Korogi, Yukunori ^a   Takahashi, Mutsumasa ^a   Okajima, Toru ^b   Eto, Komyo ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Jonan Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain, abnormalities; Brain, function; Brain, MR; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; MINAMATA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA FOOD; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAFOOD; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0031924027     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080210     Document Type: Review

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