Motor neuron disease after electric injury elec. inj.

Patients

• 6 adults, France

Endpoint

• burns
• muscle paralysis
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• death
• long-term consequences (> 1 year): neurological sequels, muscle paralysis

Exposure

• lightning
• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, 50/60 Hz, low voltage, occupational, personal
• inhouse wiring
• current entry and exit points: stated incompletely

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• Vergara X et al. (2015): Case-control study of occupational exposure to electric shocks and magnetic fields and mortality from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the US, 1991-1999