title: [Nervous system involvement in three children poisoned with thallium].
abstract: Three children, aged 5, 10 and 16 years, poisoned with thallium were hospitalized. Two of them suffered from sensory-motor and third from sensory polyneuropathy and additionally in the youngest child severe encephalopathy was observed. The correlations between serum and urine thallium levels and the severity of the symptoms in the course of the disease were positive. The most severe symptoms and the highest thallium level were observed in the youngest child.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Neurologii Dzieciecej, Polsko-Amerykańskiego Instytutu Pediatrii, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gergont
authors.forename: Janina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lankosz-Lauterbach
authors.forename: Jacek J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pietrzyk
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaciński
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D020260:Heavy Metal Poisoning, Nervous System / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011859:Radiography; D013793:Thallium / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000652:urine; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013793:Thallium