Lead Poisoning, Nervous System, Adult
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)
Year introduced: 2000
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Tree Number(s): C10.720.475.400.350, C25.723.522.750.500.400
MeSH Unique ID: D020265
Entry Terms:
- Poisoning, Lead, Nervous System, Adult
- Poisoning, Lead, Neurologic, Adult
- Lead Poisoning, Neurologic, Adult
- Nervous System Diseases, Lead Induced, Adult
- Nervous System Poisoning, Lead, Adult
- Nervous System Toxicity, Lead, Adult
- Neurologic Saturnism, Adult
- Adult Neurologic Saturnism
- Saturnism, Adult Neurologic
- Neurotoxicity Syndrome, Lead, Adult
- Lead Induced Nervous System Diseases, Adult
- Plumbism, Neurologic, Adult
- Lead Polyneuropathy
- Polyneuropathy, Lead
- Lead-Induced Polyneuropathy
- Lead-Induced Polyneuropathies
- Lead Induced Polyneuropathy
- Polyneuropathies, Lead-Induced
- Polyneuropathy, Lead-Induced
- Polyneuropathy, Lead Induced
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