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3587517

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
On the basis of neurological, psychological and electroencephalographic investigations the authors present an assessment of the state of the nervous system in 24 males observed in hospital for suspected chronic intoxication with metallic mercury. The most frequent symptoms were: headaches and dizziness (17 cases), recent memory disturbances (16) and irritability (15). Cerebellar signs were found in 13 cases, one eeg record was abnormal, in 4 cases the eeg was borderline normal. Psychological tests revealed in 21 cases evidence of organic brain damage with slowing down of the simple visual and auditory reactions (16), disturbances of recent memory and persistent attention (14), decreased intellectual efficiency (7) and visual perception (5). The authors call attention to the necessity of appropriate prevention of mercury poisoning in view of its selective neurotoxicity and irreversibility of the pathological changes. The importance of psychological testing for psychological testing for the correct assessment of the status of the nervous system in cases of metallic mercury poisoning is stressed.
pubmed:language
pol
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
461-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Chronic toxic encephalopathies caused by metallic mercury].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract