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Long-term progression in chronic manganism: ten years of follow-up - PubMed

. 1998 Mar;50(3):698-700.

doi: 10.1212/wnl.50.3.698.

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Long-term progression in chronic manganism: ten years of follow-up

C C Huang et al. Neurology. 1998 Mar.

Abstract

We studied the long-term clinical course of five patients with chronic manganese intoxication. The mean scores of the King's College Hospital Rating Scale for Parkinson's disease increased from 15.0 +/- 4.2 in 1987 to 28.3 +/- 6.70 in 1991 and then to 38.1 +/- 12.9 in 1995. The deterioration was most prominent in gait, rigidity, speed of foot tapping, and writing. Tissue concentrations of manganese in blood, urine, scalp hair, and pubic hair returned to normal. Follow-up MRIs did not show paramagnetic high-signal intensity on T1-weighted images. The data indicate that clinical progression in patients with manganese parkinsonism continues even 10 years after cessation of exposure.

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