title: [Neurologic manifestations in 93 patients with exogenous poisoning caused by non-therapeutic chemical substances].
abstract: Ninety-three patients with neurological manifestations and suspected exogenous intoxication were analysed. The detection of toxic substances was performed in the blood, urine and cerebrospinal fluid. There was clear predominance of the central nervous system impairment than the peripheric, and an apparent tropism of herbicides and organophosphates to the central nervous system compared with the peripheral nervous system, and considering the manifestations caused by carbamates and organochlorines. The authors analyse some probable action mechanism of these substances in the nervous system, and show the most frequently neurological signs and symptoms found.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning; D002219:Carbamates / Q000506:poisoning; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006540:Herbicides / Q000506:poisoning; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D002219:Carbamates; D006540:Herbicides; D007306:Insecticides
vernacular_title: Estudo das manifestações neurológicas em 93 doentes com intoxicação exógena por substancias químicas não medicamentosas.