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Welding-related parkinsonism: Clinical features, treatment, and pathophysiology
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To the Editor: In the case-controlled study comparing 15 career welders with parkinsonism to a control group with idiopathic PD, Racette et al.1 concluded that parkinsonism among welders does not differ from idiopathic PD, except for an earlier age at onset. Welding, then, only unmasks PD in predisposed subjects. We would suggest, however, that some welders have parkinsonism that differs from idiopathic PD, and is due to a specific precipitant found in welding materials. Some welding applications employ steel–manganese alloys, and excessive exposure to manganese (Mn) can produce parkinsonism. Furthermore, at an early stage this parkinsonism may differ from idiopathic PD in several important ways. Later, however, it may be quite similar to idiopathic PD and hence may be categorized as early-onset idiopathic PD. Mn toxicity is typically associated with hyperintense signal abnormalities in the globus pallidus bilaterally on MRI.2 …
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sadak, A. H., & Schulz, P. E.
- Venue
- Neurology
- Published
- 2001-11-13
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1738-1739
- ISSN
- 0028-3878 (ISSN-L)
- 1526-632X
- OpenAlex
- W2152014584
- Cited by
- 299
- References
- 34
- FWCI
- 7.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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