| Literature DB >> 12084450 |
Kenjiro Ono1, Kiyonobu Komai, Masahito Yamada.
Abstract
We report a 17-year-old man showing myoclonic involuntary movement (IVM) associated with chronic manganese (Mn) poisoning. The patient, a welder, showed myoclonic IVM mainly in the right upper and lower extremities, elevated levels of Mn in the blood and hair and high-intensity signals in the globus pallidus on T1-weighted MR images. Chelation therapy resulted in improvement of the myoclonic IVM and MRI abnormalities. This is the first report of Mn poisoning characterized by myoclonic IVM without parkinsonism.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12084450 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-510x(02)00111-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Sci ISSN: 0022-510X Impact factor: 3.181