Aluminum in the central nervous system (CNS): Toxicity in humans and animals, vaccine adjuvants, and autoimmunity

Immunologic Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 304-316

  Shaw, C A ^a   Tomljenovic, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALS; Alzheimer's; Autism; Immune response; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM SALT; ANTHRAX VACCINE; SQUALENE; VACCINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALUMINUM OVERLOAD; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIALYSIS ENCEPHALOPATHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GROWTH RATE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOTONEURON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; VACCINATION;

ADJUVANTS, PHARMACEUTIC; ADULT; ALUMINUM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; VACCINES;

EID: 84879554419     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: 15590755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-013-8403-1     Document Type: Article

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