Neurological and neurophysiological examinations on workers with chronic poisoning by 2,3,7,8-TCDD: Follow-up 35 years after exposure

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-218

  Urban, P ^a   Pelclova D ^b   Lukas E ^a   Kupka, K ^b   Preiss, J ^c   Fenclova Z ^a,b   Smerhovsky Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

2, 3, 7, 8 TCDD; Dioxin; Electroencephalography; Lanthony test; Nerve conduction velocity; Neuropsychological tests; SPECT; Toxic dyschromatopsia; Toxic encephalopathy; Toxic neuropathy; Visual evoked potential

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYNEUROPATHIES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33846457858     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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