Neurologic Sequela of Hydrogen Sulfide Poisoning

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-87

  Nam, Byungkuk ^a   Kim, Hyokyung ^a   Choi, Younghee ^a   Lee, Hun ^a   Hong, Eun Seog ^a   Park, Ji Kang ^a   Lee, Ki Man ^a   Kim, Yangho ^a  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Hypoxia; Intoxication; MR; Neurologic sequelae

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BABINSKI REFLEX; BASAL GANGLION; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; TENDON REFLEX;

EID: 0842285269     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.83     Document Type: Article

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