Peripheral Nerve Dysfunction in Farmers Using Organophosphate Sheep Dip
| Autor: | Musa Abdul-Aziz, Flora Apartopoulos, J P Ballantyne, G A Jamal, Ann Peden, Stig Hansen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Nutrition and Dietetics
Sheep dip medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine (miscellaneous) Sensory system Electromyography medicine.disease Central nervous system disease Peripheral neuropathy medicine.anatomical_structure Somatosensory evoked potential Anesthesia medicine Evoked potential business Food Science Sensory nerve |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine. 11:9-22 |
| ISSN: | 1364-6907 1359-0847 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13590840020030221 |
| Popis: | Purpose : To investigate the function of the peripheral and central nervous system in farmers regularly using organophosphate (OP) compounds either after acute intoxication or following low level repeated exposure. Design : Case control and cross-sectional studies. Materials and Methods : Two groups, each of sixteen farmers regularly involved in dipping sheep, were compared with a group of sixteen healthy controls of similar age range using clinical neurological and neurophysiological assessment. Farmers in group 1 had long-term ill health following episodes of mild to moderate acute OP poisoning while farmers in group 2 had none of the above. Clinical symptoms and signs of neuropathy were recorded. Motor and sensory nerve conduction, electromyography (EMG), quantitative sensory testing and visual, brainstem auditory and somatosensory evoked potentials were measured. Results : A similar pattern of significant abnormalities of distal sensory and motor peripheral nerve axonal dysfunction was found in both f... |
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