Methyl bromide intoxication causes reversible symmetric brainstem and cerebellar MRI lesions

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1279-1281

  Geyer, Howard L ^a,b   Schaumburg, Herbert H ^a   Herskovitz, Steven ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; LORAZEPAM; METHYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTOXICATION; MALE; METHYL BROMIDE INTOXICATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 16844374896     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000156835.12492.30     Document Type: Article

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