Transient severe parkinsonism after acute organophosphate poisoning
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Parkinsonism complicating acute organophosphate insecticide poisoning.
Dear Editor, Organophosphate insecticides have a triphasic effect on the central nervous system, namely acute cholinergic crisis, intermediate syndrome and delayed polyneuropathy. Although acute organophosphate poisoning is relatively common, case reports describing parkinsonism as a neurological complication following an acute intoxication are limited.1 We report a case of parkinsonism noted o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.2.253