Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Naoji Hagino

Publications

• Case Report
  Prenatal and Postnatal Methylmercury Exposure in Niigata, Japan: Four Cases Descriptive Study
  Author(s): Kimio Maruyama, Hisashi Saito and Naoji HaginoKimio Maruyama, Hisashi Saito and Naoji Hagino
  
  Large-scale MeHg poisoning occurred in Niigata, Japan in the 1960s. Hair mercury levels were measured early in the epidemic of MeHg poisoning. The severe prenatal exposure cases with conditions resembling cerebral palsy, i.e., congenital Minamata disease are well-known, although severe prenatal and postnatal MeHg exposure cases who did not develop such severe symptoms are not well-known. We conducted follow-up neurologic examinations and interviews of four participants with a history of prenatal and postnatal MeHg exposure who had-along with their mothers undergone hair mercury measurement in June 1965. We describe their development and subjective symptoms in childhood and neurologic signs in adulthood. The hair mercury levels of the four participants ranged from 63.0 to 111.0 ppm in 1965, and maternal levels ranged from 58.0 to 275.0 ppm. Although th.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000520

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