de Jager A E, van Weerden T W, Houthoff H J, de Monchy J G
Neurology. 1981 May;31(5):603-5. doi: 10.1212/wnl.31.5.603.
Many organophosphorus compounds, including the organophosphate insecticides, may cause polyneuropathy of delayed onset. An exception is parathion, which has been considered the prototype of nonneurotoxic cholinesterase inhibitors. Nevertheless, we describe a patient with delayed polyneuropathy after suicidal ingestion of parathion.