Long-Term Effects of Methylmercury Poisoning

Abstract

The clinical, neuropsychological, and radiological features of a family, and the toxicological and neuropathological findings of one family member, who were acutely and severely intoxicated with methylmercury are reported after a 22-year follow-up from the Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and the Environmental Health Sciences Center, the University of Rochester School of Medicine, NY.

Keywords

• methylmercury
• graphesthesia
• epidemiology