PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - D M Hall AU - J Ramsey AU - M S Schwartz AU - D Dookun TI - Neuropathy in a petrol sniffer. AID - 10.1136/adc.61.9.900 DP - 1986 Sep 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 900--901 VI - 61 IP - 9 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/9/900.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/9/900.full SO - Arch Dis Child1986 Sep 01; 61 AB - A 4 year old boy developed a profound motor neuropathy after repeated deliberate inhalation of petroleum vapour. The condition was characterised by extreme slowing of the nerve conduction velocity. He made a gradual recovery over six months. The neuropathy was attributed to the N-hexane component of petroleum.