Diffuse lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum in patients with methyl bromide poisoning

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 703-704

  Kang, K ^a   Song, Y M ^b   Jo, K D ^c   Roh, Jae Kyu ^d  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FOLIC ACID; GADOLINIUM; LORAZEPAM; METHYL BROMIDE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FUMIGATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33646933579     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.076620     Document Type: Article

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