Increase of renal excretion of organo-mercury compounds like methlymercury by DMPS (2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid, Dimaval®)

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-269

  Drasch, Gustav ^a,b   Boese O'Reilly, Stephan ^a   Illig, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Rechtsmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,3 Dimercapto 1 propanesulfonic acid; Concentration; Dimaval; DMPS; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Organo mercury; Speciation; Urine

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; UNITHIOL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; PHILIPPINES; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIDOTES; GOLD; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; UNITHIOL;

EID: 34047159288     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601072175     Document Type: Article

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