title: Levels of mercury and pathological changes in patients with organomercury poisoning.
abstract: Autopsies were carried out on 4 adults who died during the outbreak of mercury poisoning in Iraq and on 4 infants who were exposed to organomercury in utero. Mercury levels in tissues and in some body fluids were determined. The high levels of mercury in the central nervous system and the marked neuronal degeneration are noted.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury / Q000378:metabolism; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds / Q000506:poisoning; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D008767:Methylmercury Compounds; D008628:Mercury