Toxic encephalopathy caused by occupational exposure to 1, 2-Dichloroethane

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 111-113

  Liu, Jian Ren ^a   Fang, Shan ^a   Ding, Mei Ping ^a   Chen, Zhi Cai ^a   Zhou, Jia Jun ^a   Sun, Fen ^a   Jiang, Biao ^a   Huang, Jian ^a  

^a the Second Affiliated Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

1,2 Dichloroethane; Brain edema; Diffusion weighted MR imaging; MR imaging; Neuroimaging; Occupational exposure; Toxic encephalophy

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; MANNITOL; STEROID;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN TOXICITY; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; SEIZURE; STARTLE REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRAIN EDEMA; CONFINED SPACES; ETHYLENE DICHLORIDES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANNITOL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949874193     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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