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LEAD encephalopathy is increasingly rare in adults.The most recent report found in English-language publications was an account by Boyd1 in 1957, in which the symptoms were very mild. Brieger and Rieders,2 in a recent review, stated, "Like lead palsy, lead encephalopathy is almost never seen at present in adults." In a Public Health Association monograph3 in 1943 the following comment was made:Cerebral lead intoxication is the most serious manifestation of lead poisoning and also the rarest, except in the case of children, among whom it is the prevalent type. It occurs in the adult only as the consequence . . .
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