Effect of acute ethanol ingestion on prolactin in menopausal women using estradiol replacement |
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Authors: | ES Ginsburg BW Walsh BF Shea X Gao RE Gleason C Feltmate RL Barbieri |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA. |
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Abstract: | The current study was to answer the question: Is enough mercury absorbed from dental amalgam fillings to produce renal damage? One hundred healthy adults (18-44 years old) filled out health questionnaires and voided urine samples. Urine mercury concentration and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase (NAG) were measured. Subjects were grouped into those having amalgam fillings (N = 66) and those without (N = 34). Median (95% Confidence Interval) urine mercury was 1 (1-2) and 0 (0-0.6) ng/ml (P < 0.01) and median urine NAG was 23 (18-27) and 16 (11-18) units (P < 0.05) in the two groups respectively. People with mercury amalgam fillings excreted slightly more mercury than people without them, and have a very small increase in urinary NAG excretion that is probably of no clinical significance. This dose of mercury absorbed from amalgam appears to be too little to be a public health hazard for renal injury. |
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