ALS and mercury intoxication: A relationship?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 880-883

  Praline, Julien ^a,b   Guennoc, Anne Marie ^a   Limousin, Nadège ^a   Hallak, Habib ^c   de Toffol, Bertrand ^a   Corcia, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Division of Nephrology   (France)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Heavy metal poisoning; Mercury; Mercury intoxication; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

SUCCIMER;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; MERCURIALISM; MOTONEURON; MYOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHELATING AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SUCCIMER;

EID: 35348985990     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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