title: Visual system manifestations due to systemic exposure to mercury.
abstract: This article is a summary of the available literature on ocular symptoms due to systemic exposure to mercury. Mercury compounds are first described in terms of their different forms, industrial applications, mechanisms and routes of exposure, toxicity levels, and treatment methods. Eye symptoms are then characterized for organic and inorganic forms of mercury by using the form of various documented case studies of chronic and acute exposure to various mercury compounds.
authors.affiliation: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA. Ahmed.El-Sherbeeny@mail.wvu.edu
authors.forename: Ahmed M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: El-Sherbeeny
authors.forename: James V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Odom
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005123:Eye / Q000187:drug effects*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008627:Mercuric Chloride / Q000633:toxicity; D008628:Mercury / Q000633:toxicity*; D008767:Methylmercury Compounds / Q000633:toxicity; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D008767:Methylmercury Compounds; D008627:Mercuric Chloride; D008628:Mercury