Manganese Poisoning |
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| Poisoning, Manganese; Manganese Neurotoxicity Syndrome; Manganese Neurotoxicity Syndromes; Nervous System Diseases, Manganese Induced; Neurotoxicity Syndromes, Manganese; Syndrome, Manganese Neurotoxicity; Syndromes, Manganese Neurotoxicity | |
| Manganese poisoning is associated with chronic inhalation of manganese particles by individuals who work with manganese ore. Clinical features include CONFUSION; HALLUCINATIONS; and an extrapyramidal syndrome (PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY) that includes rigidity; DYSTONIA; retropulsion; and TREMOR. (Adams, Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1213) | |