Loss of postural reflexes in long-term occupational solvent exposure

European Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-87

  Kuriwaka, Rika ^a,b   Mitsui, Takao ^a   Fujiwara, Soichiro ^a   Nishida, Yoshihiko ^a   Matsumoto, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Anan Kyoei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic neurons; Levodopa; Parkinsonism; Postural reflexes; Solvent exposure

Indexed keywords

HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LEVODOPA; METHANOL; SOLVENT; THINNER; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; POSTURE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; REFLEX; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0036178096     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047958     Document Type: Article

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