Abstract
We present a case of paint-thinner intoxication in which MRI showed lesions in both white matter and basal ganglia.
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Ohnuma, A., Kimura, I. & Saso, S. MRI in chronic paint-thinner intoxication. Neuroradiology 37, 445–446 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00600086
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00600086