Normal auditory brainstem and cochlear function in extreme pediatric plumbism

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Allen Counter, S ^a   Buchanan, Leo H ^b   Ortega, Fernando ^c   Laurell, Göran ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ABR; Auditory; Brainstem; Cochlea; Hearing; Lead; Neurotoxic; Ototoxic

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CHILD; ECUADOR; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OTOTOXICITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0342762083     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00149-4     Document Type: Article

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