Evidence that Mercury From Silver Dental Fillings May Be an Etiological Factor in Reduced Nerve Conduction Velocity in Multiple Sclerosis.

Author: Siblerud RL, Kienholz E.

Source: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine

Year: 1997

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Abstract / Excerpt:

Seven multiple sclerosis subjects had their silver dental fillings (amalgams) removed which contained approximately 50% mercury. A visual evoked response (VER) test was performed before amalgam removal. Approximately six months after amalgam removal a second VER test was performed on all subjects, and the latencies of the VER decreased significantly. The mean latency of P1 for the right and left eye combined decreased by 23.1 milliseconds (P = 0.011) and N1 for the right and left eye combined decreased by 23.1 milliseconds (P = 0.026). It was hypothesized that mercury from dental amalgam was an etiological factor in reduced nerve conduction velocity in MS subjects.

Citation: Siblerud RL, Kienholz E. Evidence that Mercury From Silver Dental Fillings May Be an Etiological Factor in Reduced Nerve Conduction Velocity in Multiple Sclerosis. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine. 1997;12(3):169-72.