Diseases

Nervous System Lead Poisoning

Injury to the nervous system secondary to exposure to lead compounds. Two distinct clinical patterns occur in children (LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD) and adults (LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT). In children, lead poisoning typically produces an encephalopathy. In adults, exposure to toxic levels of lead is associated with a peripheral neuropathy.

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Abstract

Injury to the nervous system secondary to exposure to lead compounds. Two distinct clinical patterns occur in children (LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD) and adults (LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT). In children, lead poisoning typically produces an encephalopathy. In adults, exposure to toxic levels of lead is associated with a peripheral neuropathy.

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18 entry terms
  • Lead Poisoning, Nervous System
  • Lead Poisoning, Neurologic
  • Lead-Induced Nervous System Diseases
  • Nervous System Diseases, Lead-Induced
  • Nervous System Poisoning, Lead
  • Neurotoxicity Syndrome, Lead
  • Plumbism, Nervous System
  • Plumbism, Neurologic
  • Poisoning, Lead, Nervous System
  • Poisoning, Lead, Neurologic
  • Lead Neurotoxicity Syndrome
  • Lead Neurotoxicity Syndromes
  • Nervous System Plumbism
  • Neurologic Lead Poisoning
  • Neurologic Plumbism
  • Neurotoxicity Syndromes, Lead
  • Syndrome, Lead Neurotoxicity
  • Syndromes, Lead Neurotoxicity

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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prefer specifics: in infant or child = LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; in adolescent or adult = LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT

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2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Lead Poisoning (1966-1999)

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  1. C10w.720.475w.400
  2. C25.723.522.750w.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nervous System Lead Poisoning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020263. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020263
  2. Nervous System Lead Poisoning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54932084