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Methyl mercury poisoning

S H Wang
- 01 Jan 1974 - 
- Vol. 6, pp 377-380
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This article is published in National Medical Journal of China.The article was published on 1974-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 14 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control & Mercury poisoning.

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Overview of the clinical toxicity of mercury.

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to survey differences in human exposure and in the toxicology of different forms of mercury to study subclinical effects in population studies.
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Peripheral Neuropathy Caused by Chemical Agents

Cavanagh Jb
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss peripheral neuropathy caused by chemical agents and propose a method to diagnose peripheral neuropathies caused by Chemical Agents, which they call Peripheral Neuropathy Caused by Chemical Agent (PNCA).
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Blood and brain mercury levels after chronic gestational exposure to methylmercury in rats.

TL;DR: The relationship between brain concentration and cumulative mercury consumption was not linear but was well described by a power-function relationship: Hg = A*(cum exposure)b where the exponent, b, was 1.12 and 1.17 for blood and brain, respectively, at birth.
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Mercury in Alaskan Eskimo mothers and infants.

TL;DR: Mercury level in RBC from cord blood appeared as the best potential indicator of this involvement of neonatal involvement, although relationships with the mother's diet and level of mercury in the placenta also appear useful.
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Animal/Human Concordance

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Focal cerebral and cerebellar atrophy in a human subject due to organic mercury compounds

TL;DR: The case of four patients suffering from profound neurological disturbances as a result of industrial exposure to methyl mercury compounds is considered worthy of record because it has afforded the first opportunity for a detailed histological study in this form of intoxication.
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Diet and Canine Hysteria: Experimental Production

Edward Mellanby
- 14 Dec 1946 - 
TL;DR: Canine hysteria up to 1936 has been reviewed and discussed by Hewetson (1936): here, therefore, reference will be confined to some of the experimental investigations on the subject since that date.