Organophosphate Insecticide Poisoning and Parkinsonism

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-12-4

Keywords:

Parkinsonism with Organophosphate Insecticide, Plasma Cholinesterase, Obidoxime Hydrochloride

Abstract

Extrapyramidal parkinsonism in a 14 year-old boy developed 5 days after the accidental ingestion of a raw eggplant sprayed with the organophosphate dimethoate (Rogor), in a report from Meyer Children Hospital, Rappaport School of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.

Published

2005-12-01

Issue

Section

Toxic and Substance Use Disorders