Article
Adverse immunological effects and autoimmunity induced by dental amalgam and alloy in mice.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Nov 1994
Hultman P, Johansson U, Turley S J, Lindh U, Eneström S, Pollard K M
Abstract excerpt
Dental amalgam fillings are the most important source of mercury exposure in the general population, but their potential to cause systemic health consequences is disputed. In this study, inbred mice genetically susceptible to mercury-induced immune aberrations were used to examine whether dental...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Antigen-Antibody Complex
- Autoimmunity
- Cell Division
- Dental Alloys
- Dental Amalgam
- Female
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin M
- Kidney
- Lymphocytes
- Mercury
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mitogens
- Phenotype
- Spleen