@article{ref1,
title="A decade after the Tokyo sarin attack: a review of neurological follow-up of the victims",
journal="Military medicine",
year="2007",
author="Hoffman, A. and Eisenkraft, Arik and Finkelstein, Arseny and Schein, Ophir and Rotman, Eran and Dushnitsky, Tsvika",
volume="172",
number="6",
pages="607-610",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: On March 20, 1995, sarin gas was used in Tokyo by members of the Japanese &quot;Uhm-Shinrikiu&quot; cult, killing 12 and injuring >5,500 innocent people. Most of the casualties were mildly injured. This article reviews the neurological follow-up data for some of the victims over the past decade. METHODS: We reviewed the published literature regarding neurological follow-up of the victims, dividing the data according to the time elapsed after the attack. RESULTS: The digit span test, finger-tapping test, and computerized posturography were the only performance tests that showed statistically significant differences between the victims and the control groups in some of the surveys. The main sequela 7 years after the attack was post-traumatic stress disorder. CONCLUSIONS: The results emphasize the need for a national preparedness program for such mass casualty events, led by national health systems. This should include long-term, neurological, follow-up monitoring with performance tests and a post-traumatic stress disorder screening test.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0026-4075",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}