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Is a: - Disease or Syndrome
- Injury or Poisoning
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Definition: Neurologic conditions in adults associated with acute or chronic exposure to lead or any of its salts. The most common lead related neurologic syndrome in adults consists of a polyneuropathy involving motor fibers. This tends to affect distal nerves and may present as wrist drop due to radial neuropathy. Additional features of chronic lead exposure include anemia; constipation; colicky abdominal pain; a bluish lead line of the gums; interstitial nephritis (nephritis, interstitial); and saturnine gout. An encephalopathy may rarely occur. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1212) |
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Synonyms: - Adult Neurologic Saturnism
- Lead Induced Nervous System Diseases, Adult
- Lead Induced Polyneuropathy
- Lead Poisoning, Neurologic, Adult
- Lead Polyneuropathy
- Lead-Induced Polyneuropathies
- Lead-Induced Polyneuropathy
- Nervous System Diseases, Lead Induced, Adult
- Nervous System Poisoning, Lead, Adult
- Nervous System Toxicity, Lead, Adult
- Neurologic Saturnism, Adult
- Neurotoxicity Syndrome, Lead, Adult
- Plumbism, Neurologic, Adult
- Poisoning, Lead, Nervous System, Adult
- Poisoning, Lead, Neurologic, Adult
- Polyneuropathies, Lead-Induced
- Polyneuropathy, Lead
- Polyneuropathy, Lead Induced
- Polyneuropathy, Lead-Induced
- Saturnism, Adult Neurologic
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