Evidence that mercury from silver dental fillings may be an etiological factor in reduced nerve conduction velocity in multiple sclerosis patients

Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 169-172

  Siblerud, Robert L ^a   Kienholz, Eldon ^a  

^a Rocky Mt Research Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM; MERCURY; SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MERCURIALISM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; TOOTH FILLING;

EID: 0030671287     PISSN: 03170209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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