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Mercury as a hapten: A review of the role of toxicant-induced brain autoantibodies in autism and possible treatment considerations.
Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) - 1 Dec 2020
Kern Janet K, Geier David A, Mehta Jyutika A, Homme Kristin G, Geier Mark R
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BACKGROUND: Mercury has many direct and well-recognized neurotoxic effects. However, its immune effects causing secondary neurotoxicity are less well-recognized. Mercury exposure can induce immunologic changes in the brain indicative of autoimmune dysfunction, including the production of highly specific brain autoantibodies. Mercury, and in particular, Thimerosal, can combine with a larger carrier, such as an...
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