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Motor neurone disease and exposure to lead.
Disease of the lower motor neurone is a recognized hazard of lead toxicity, but the importance of contact with lead in the causation of motor neurone disease has not previously been ascertained. In 74 cases of motor neurone disease, 15% had a history of extensive exposure to lead, compared with 5·4% of a control group. The five year survival rate of these patients was 54%, compared with 16% in ...
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The clinical picture of childhood lead poisoning has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. Acute symptomatic lead poisoning, once a common problem, is now a rare event. Lead encephalopathy is even rarer. Most pediatric residents will not see a case of acute plumbism during their training; few will encounter the problem in their career. At the same time, epidemiologic studies from around ...
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A prospective methodology was used to assess the neurobehavioral effects of fetal and postnatal lead exposure during the first 2 years of life. Lead was measured in whole blood prenatally in mothers and at quarterly intervals in the infant. Prenatal blood lead levels were low (mean = 8.0 micrograms/dL). However, approximately 25% of the study infants had at least one serial blood lead level of ...
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A brief overview of current views of child development is provided, with particular attention given to the role the child's physical and social environment plays in influencing the developmental process. Examples from the recent literature are used to illustrate how these factors can influence lead exposure and most importantly how they might interact with lead to ameliorate or exacerbate possi...
متن کاملEarly asymptomatic lead exposure and development at school age.
Sixty-seven 7-year-old children, who had asymptomatic lead exposure between 1 and 3 years of age, were compared in their performance on a series of psychologic tests to 70 children of the same age and socioeconomic background who presumably did not have significant exposure to lead. Exposed children had deficits in global IQ and associative abilities, in visual and fine motor coordination, and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1993
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-7-3-6