Screening for peripheral neuropathy in chemical warfare victims

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-74

  Holisaz, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Rayegani, Seyyed Mansoor ^b   Hafezy, Rahmatollah ^a   Khedmat, Hossein ^a   Motamedi, Mohammad Hosein K ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agents; Neuropathy; Organophosphates

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE; DIAGNOSIS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; NEUROPATHY; ORGANOPHOSPHATES;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; TOXIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSORY NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 33846945089     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e3280143c49     Document Type: Article

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