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Old 08-18-2007, 12:20 AM #1
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Default Possible risk of parkinsonism, PD, ET - Dental Technicians
Interesting article.
Do note study limitations when reading though.
Just posted as I thought some might be interested in this.

BMC Neurology
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/7/24/abstract
BMC Neurology 2007, 7:24 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-7-24
Published - 8 August 2007

Abstract (provisional)
High prevalence of extrapyramidal signs and symptoms in a group of Italian
dental technicians
Edito Fabrizio, Nicola Vanacore, Marcella Valente, Alfonso Rubino,Giuseppe Meco.

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Conclusions
On the basis of the epidemiological, occupational and clinical data described above, we believe that the high prevalence of extrapyramidal signs and symptoms found in these 27 dental technicians working in the same school was not a chance occurrence, but was probably related to the presence of known neurotoxins in the dental workers’ profession. In Italy, there are estimated to be approximately 1000 dental technicians working in 30 state technical high schools and 15 000 dental technicians working in 5000 dental laboratories. An epidemiological study designed to assess the possible risk of parkinsonism, PD and ET in a large cohort of dental technicians is warranted.

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High prevalence of extrapyramidal signs and symptoms in a group of Italian
dental technicians

Edito Fabrizio, Nicola Vanacore, Marcella Valente, Alfonso Rubino,Giuseppe Meco.
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