Demonstration of mercury in the human brain and other organs 17 years after metallic mercury exposure

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-144

  Opitz, H ^a   Schweinsberg, F ^a   Grossmann, T ^a   Wendt Gallitelli, M F ^a   Meyermann, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

D penicillamin; Lipofuscin; Lysosomal storage; Metallic mercury intoxication

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN; MERCURY; PENICILLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029887314     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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