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    Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1997 Dec;99(4):263-5.

    Parkinsonism after acute cadmium poisoning.

    Okuda B, Iwamoto Y, Tachibana H, Sugita M.

    Hyogo College of Medicine, Fifth Department of Internal Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan.

    A 64-year-old man suffered from acute exposure to cadmium, followed by multiple organ failure. Three months after exposure, the patient developed parkinsonian features. The case suggests that cadmium intoxication may damage the basal ganglia, resulting in parkinsonism.

    PMID: 9491302 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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