Carbon disulfide encephalopathy: Cerebral microangiopathy

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-393

  Chuang, Wen Li ^a   Huang, Chin Chang ^a   Chen, Chi Jen ^b   Hsieh, Yu Chen ^a   Kuo, Hung Chou ^a   Shih, Tung Sheng ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon disulfide; CT angiography; CT perfusion; Microangiopathy; Neurotoxic disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CARBON DISULFIDE; CELLULOSE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SOLVENTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249781127     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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