Pallidal index measured with three-dimensional T1-weighted gradient echo sequence is a good predictor of manganese exposure in welders

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1020-1026

  Chang, Yongmin ^a   Woo, Seung Tae ^b   Kim, Yangho ^c   Lee, Jae Jun ^b   Song, Hui Jin ^b   Lee, Hui Joong ^a   Kim, Suk Hwan ^c   Lee, Hun ^c   Kwon, Young Joo ^c   Ahn, Joon Ho ^c   Park, Sin Jae ^c   Chung, In Sung ^d   Jeong, Kyoung Sook ^e  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^e Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Manganese; MRI; Neurobehavioral performance; Pallidal index (PI)

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WELDING; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANGANESE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELDING;

EID: 77950913060     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22104     Document Type: Article

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