The incidence of neurodegenerative disease like Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease (AD) increases dramatically with age; only a small percentage is directly related to familial forms. The etiology of the…
The relationship between prenatal exposure to methyl mercury and neurologic and developmental abnormalities was ascertained among 234 Cree Indian children aged 12 to 30 months from four northern Quebec communities.…
Increased cardiovascular risk after mercury exposure has been described, but the underlying mechanisms are not well explored. We analyzed the effects of chronic exposure to low mercury concentrations on endothelium-dependent…
There is a risk of severe neurological disease, nephropathy and cutaneous complications during mercury poisoning. We report a case of acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis, associated with histologically confirmed acute cytolytic…