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On the influence of nor-adrenaline upon the blood pressure of workers exposed to nitroglycol and the change of the concentration of nor-adrenaline and adrenaline in the urine

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  1. 1.

    As the results of nor-adrenaline (N-A) test, both the duration of blood pressure rise and its degree are less in Nitroglycol (Ng) workers than the control group.

  2. 2.

    N-A excretion in the urine of the Ng group has a tendency to be less than the control group.

  3. 3.

    Judging from the results of the N-A test and N-A excretion in the urine, it may be said that the disturbance in the hypothalamus is playing a main part of the mechanisms of Ng-poisoning. This disturbance causes the same symptom as in diencephalopathia vascularis.

  4. 4.

    It may be thought that the N-A test and the measurement of N-A in the urine are useful as a means for the prophylaxis of Ng poisoning.

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  1. Hospital of Nippon Oils & Fats Co., Ltd. Taketoyo Plant and Yoshitoshi Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Katsutoshi Hotta & Ritsuji Yamada

  2. Hotta Hospital, Nagaike-cho 1-8, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

    Katsutoshi Hotta

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Hotta, K., Yamada, R. On the influence of nor-adrenaline upon the blood pressure of workers exposed to nitroglycol and the change of the concentration of nor-adrenaline and adrenaline in the urine. Int. Arch. Gewerbepath. Gewerbehyg. 20, 311–315 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399177

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