Neurologic manifestations in 93 patients with exogenous poisoning caused by non-therapeutic chemical substances

Ninety-three patients with neurological manifestations and suspected exogenous intoxication were analysed. The detection of toxic substances was performed in the blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid. There was clear predominance of the central nervous system impairment than the peripheric, and an ap...

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Published in:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 1986-09, Vol.44 (3), p.232
Main Authors: Agapejev, S, Vassiliev, I, Lima, M M
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Arsenic Poisoning
Carbamates - poisoning
Central Nervous System Diseases - chemically induced
Child
Female
Herbicides - poisoning
Humans
Insecticides - poisoning
Lead Poisoning - complications
Male
Middle Aged
Nervous System Diseases - chemically induced
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Summary:Ninety-three patients with neurological manifestations and suspected exogenous intoxication were analysed. The detection of toxic substances was performed in the blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid. There was clear predominance of the central nervous system impairment than the peripheric, and an apparent tropism of herbicides and organophosphates to the central nervous system compared with the peripheral nervous system, and considering the manifestations caused by carbamates and organochlorines. The authors analyse some probable action mechanism of these substances in the nervous system, and show the most frequently neurological signs and symptoms found.
ISSN:0004-282X