MOTOR-NEURON DISEASE AND EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS - ETIOLOGIC SUGGESTIONS FROM A CASE-CONTROL STUDY

被引:6
|
作者
GUNNARSSON, LG
机构
[1] Department of Neurology, Örebro Medical Center Hospital
关键词
EPIDEMIOLOGY; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ENVIRONMENT; HEREDITY; SOLVENTS;
D O I
10.1016/0022-510X(94)90180-5
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
A recent case-control study indicates that some males are genetically predisposed to develop motor neuron disease if they are exposed to chemicals, particularly solvents. Markets for such a predisposition are hereditary for a neurodegenerative disease and/or a thyroid disease. The reason for this susceptibility might be pharmacogenetic polymorphism, which causes deficient detoxification entailing oxidative stress and cell death.
引用
收藏
页码:62 / 63
页数:2
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] Exposure to pesticides and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population-based case-control study
    Bonvicini, Francesca
    Marcello, Norina
    Mandrioli, Jessica
    Pietrini, Vladimiro
    Vinceti, Marco
    ANNALI DELL ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA, 2010, 46 (03): : 284 - 287
  • [22] 3-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE DISPLAY USING I-123 IMP IN A CASE OF MOTOR-NEURON DISEASE WITH DEMENTIA
    OKUDA, B
    KAWABATA, K
    TACHIBANA, H
    SUGITA, M
    FUKUCHI, M
    JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY, 1993, 47 (03): : 599 - 602
  • [23] THE CHANGING MORTALITY FROM MOTOR-NEURON DISEASE AND MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND THE REPUBLIC-OF-IRELAND
    ELIAN, M
    DEAN, G
    NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY, 1992, 11 (4-6) : 236 - 243
  • [24] Antibiotic exposure and risk of Parkinson's disease in finland: A nationwide case-control study
    Mertsalmi, Tuomas H.
    Pekkonen, Eero
    Scheperjans, Filip
    MOVEMENT DISORDERS, 2020, 35 (03) : 431 - 442
  • [25] CYTOTOXIC CHANGES IN A172 GLIOBLASTOMA CELLS EXPOSED TO SERUM IG FROM PATIENTS WITH MOTOR-NEURON DISEASE
    PARKES, AB
    RICKARDS, CR
    REES, P
    SCANLON, MF
    JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 1995, 129 : 136 - 137
  • [26] A Case-Control Study of Occupational Exposure to Trichloroethylene and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
    Purdue, Mark P.
    Bakke, Berit
    Stewart, Patricia
    De Roos, Anneclaire J.
    Schenk, Maryjean
    Lynch, Charles F.
    Bernstein, Leslie
    Morton, Lindsay M.
    Cerhan, James R.
    Severson, Richard K.
    Cozen, Wendy
    Davis, Scott
    Rothman, Nathaniel
    Hartge, Patricia
    Colt, Joanne S.
    ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES, 2011, 119 (02) : 232 - 238
  • [27] The impact of population mobility on estimates of environmental exposure effects in a case-control study
    Joseph, Anny-Claude
    Fuentes, Montserrat
    Wheeler, David C.
    STATISTICS IN MEDICINE, 2020, 39 (11) : 1610 - 1622
  • [28] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and exposure to environmental toxins: An Australian case-control study
    Morahan, Julia M.
    Pamphlett, Roger
    NEUROEPIDEMIOLOGY, 2006, 27 (03) : 130 - 135
  • [29] MORTALITY FROM MOTOR-NEURON DISEASE IN JAPAN, 1950-1990 - ASSOCIATION WITH RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM ATMOSPHERIC WEAPONS TESTING
    NEILSON, S
    ROBINSON, I
    ROSE, FC
    JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, 1995, 134 (1-2) : 61 - 66
  • [30] EXPOSURE TO WELL WATER AND PESTICIDES IN PARKINSONS-DISEASE - A CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN THE MADRID AREA
    JIMENEZJIMENEZ, FJ
    MATEO, D
    GIMENEZROLDAN, S
    MOVEMENT DISORDERS, 1992, 7 (02) : 149 - 152