Clinical investigation of the lesions responsible for sensory disturbance in Minamata disease

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-189

  Uchino, Makoto ^a   Mita, Shuji ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   Hirano, Teruyuki ^a   Arimura, Kimiyoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Masanori ^a   Nakamura, Masaaki ^a   Uyama, Eiichiro ^a   Ando, Yukio ^a   Wakamiya, Junji ^a   Futatsuka, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic type; Classical type; Minamata disease; Sensory disturbance; Two point discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MINAMATA DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; SENSATION; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATAXIA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSATION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 18344374697     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.195.181     Document Type: Article

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