title: [Electroneurographic findings in workers exposed to mercury].
abstract: 25 mercury-exposed workers as well as 27 age-matched controls were investigated in an electroneurographic study. The population of mercury-exposed workers was found to have --an increased latency of distal motor action potential at both median and peroneal nerves --an increased latency of distal sensory action potential at median nerve --a decrease of amplitudes of evoked muscle potentials at both median and peroneal nerves --a reduced motor nerve conduction velocity at both examined nerves --a reduced antidromic sensory nerve conduction velocity at median nerve. To detect early changes in nerval function we recommend regularly electroneurographic examinations of mercury-exposed people.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Neurologie und Psychiatrie der Medizinischen Akademie Magdeburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deike
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deike
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Matthies
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004568:Electrodiagnosis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Elektroneurographische Befunde bei Quecksilberexposition.