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. 1985 Aug;48(8):814–818. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.48.8.814

Cerebellar calcification and lead.

M D Benson, J Price
PMCID: PMC1028454  PMID: 4031933

Abstract

In elderly subjects who were brought up in a known high lead environment in Queensland, Australia, childhood residence and occupational status provide circumstantial evidence of a relationship between excessive lead intake and cerebellar calcification as seen on computed tomography. This supports experimental and neuropathological studies demonstrating an association between exposure to lead and perivascular cerebellar calcification.

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