An outbreak of neurological autoimmunity with polyradiculoneuropathy in workers exposed to aerosolised porcine neural tissue: a descriptive study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-66

  Lachance, Daniel H ^a   Lennon, Vanda A ^a,b   Pittock, Sean J ^a   Tracy, Jennifer A ^a   Krecke, Karl N ^a   Amrami, Kimberly K ^a   Poeschla, Eric M ^a   Orenstein, Robert ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Sejvar, James J ^d   Holzbauer, Stacy ^c,e   DeVries, Aaron S ^c   Dyck, P James B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELITIS; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VASCULITIS;

ABATTOIRS; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149113346     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70296-0     Document Type: Article

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