High doses of cobalt induce optic and auditory neuropathy

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 719-727

  Apostoli, Pietro ^a   Catalani, Simona ^a   Zaghini, Anna ^b   Mariotti, Andrea ^b   Poliani, Pietro Luigi ^a   Vielmi, Valentina ^a   Semeraro, Francesco ^a   Duse, Sarah ^a   Porzionato, Andrea ^c   Macchi, Veronica ^c   Padovani, Alessandro ^a   Rizzetti, Maria Cristina ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromium; Cobalt; Human prosthesis; Optic and auditory neuropathies; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL LOSS; CELL SELECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; RABBIT; RETINA CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TISSUE LEVEL; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE;

CHROMIUM; COBALT; HUMAN PROSTHESIS; OPTIC AND AUDITORY NEUROPATHIES; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CHLORIDES; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COBALT; COCHLEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; HEARING LOSS, CENTRAL; HEAVY METAL POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OPTIC NERVE; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84880036219     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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