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Descriptor English:   Mercury Poisoning, Nervous System 
Descriptor Spanish:   Intoxicación del Sistema Nervioso por Mercurio 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Intoxicação do Sistema Nervoso por Mercúrio 
Synonyms English:   Mercurialism, Nervous System
Mercurialism, Neurologic
Mercury Encephalopathy
Mercury-Induced Nervous System Diseases
Minamata Disease
Nervous System Diseases, Mercury-Induced
Nervous System Poisoning, Mercury
Neurotoxicity Syndrome, Mercury
Poisoning, Mercury, Nervous System
Poisoning, Mercury, Neurologic  
Tree Number:   C10.720.475.600
C25.723.647.500
Definition English:   Neurologic disorders associated with exposure to inorganic and organic forms of MERCURY. Acute intoxication may be associated with gastrointestinal disturbances, mental status changes, and PARAPARESIS. Chronic exposure to inorganic mercury usually occurs in industrial workers, and manifests as mental confusion, prominent behavioral changes (including psychosis), DYSKINESIAS, and NEURITIS. Alkyl mercury poisoning may occur through ingestion of contaminated seafood or grain, and its characteristic features include POLYNEUROPATHY; ATAXIA; vision loss; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; and DEAFNESS. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1997, Ch20, pp10-15) 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord IM with specific mercury cpd (IM) if given
History Note English:   2000; for MINAMATA DISEASE use MERCURY POISONING 1977-1999 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification CO complications
CN congenital DI diagnosis
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RA radiography RI radionuclide imaging
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
US ultrasonography UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   34357 
Unique Identifier:   D020262 

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