Pica with paradichlorobenzene mothball ingestion associated with toxic leukoencephalopathy

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-81

  Avila, Edward ^a,b   Schraeder, Paul ^a   Belliappa, Ajit ^a   Faro, Scott ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and Neuroscience ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system (CNS); Leukoencephalopathy; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Mothballs; Paradichlorobenzene (PDCB)

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PICA; STUPOR;

ADULT; CHLOROBENZENES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32544458638     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228405280171     Document Type: Article

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