Axonal polyneuropathy after acute dimethylamine borane intoxication

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1009-1012

  Kuo, Hung Chou ^a   Huang, Chin Chang ^a   Chu, Chun Che ^a   Chu, Nai Shin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORANE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLAMINOBORANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AXONS; BORANES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DIMETHYLAMINES; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 33745872966     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.7.1009     Document Type: Article

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