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Neurotoxic effects of postnatal thimerosal are mouse strain dependent.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Sept 2004
Hornig M, Chian D, Lipkin W I
Abstract excerpt
The developing brain is uniquely susceptible to the neurotoxic hazard posed by mercurials. Host differences in maturation, metabolism, nutrition, sex, and autoimmunity influence outcomes. How population-based variability affects the safety of the ethylmercury-containing vaccine preservative, thimerosal, is unknown. Reported increases in the prevalence of autism, a highly heritable neuropsychiatric condition, are...
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