Polyneuropathy possibly caused by 30 years of low exposure to n-hexane.
A slowly developing, mainly sensory, polyneuropathy was found in a 60-year-old man exposed to n-hexane (10-100 mg/m3) for 30 years in a mountain fuel stockpile. The nerve damage was verified by electromyography and sural nerve biopsy, and it is proposed that also a low-grade, but prolonged, exposure to n-hexane may cause polyneuropathy.
Barregård
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Department of Occupational Medicine, Sahlgren's University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
Sällsten
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Nordborg
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Gieth
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D001706:Biopsy; D004576:Electromyography; D006586:Hexanes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000473:pathology
D006586:Hexanes