Sensory ataxia associated with chronic organophosphate pesticide exposure

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 689-693

  Little, S ^a   Llewellyn, H ^b   Clarke, Sfj ^c,d  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Goudhurst   (United Kingdom)

^c FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic exposure; Organophosphate; pesticide; sensory ataxia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMIC ACID; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; CYTOCHROME P450 2D6; DIMPYLATE; FLUORIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANXIETY; APPLE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; BRACHIALGIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; GENOTYPE; GLOVE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG MOVEMENT; MALAISE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORCHARD; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SENSORY ATAXIA; SENSORY EVALUATION; SHEEP FARMING; STANDING; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TREMOR; WALKING; WRITING;

ATAXIA; CHOLINESTERASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES;

EID: 77955220472     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327109360365     Document Type: Article

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