Cerebellar atrophy as a delayed manifestation of chronic carbon disulfide poisoning

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-47

  Fonte, Rodolfo ^a   Edallo, Alessia ^a   Candura, Stefano M ^a,b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon disulfide; Cerebellum; Neuroimaging; Neurotoxicity; Occupational disease; Viscose rayon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE;

ADIADOCHOKINESIA; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLEACHING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PARANOIA; RETIREMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0037287070     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.43     Document Type: Article

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