Loss of sight and sound. Could it be the hip?

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9668, 2009, Pages 1052-

  Rizzetti, Maria Cristina ^a   Liberini, Paolo ^a   Zarattini, Guido ^a   Catalani, Simona ^a   Pazzaglia, Ugo ^a   Apostoli, Pietro ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMIUM POISONING; COBALT POISONING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 62649151313     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60490-6     Document Type: Article

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