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Dr. Halsey's presentation at the National
Vaccine Advisory Committee Workshop on Thimerosal and Vaccines
held in Bethesda, Maryland on August 11-12, 1999. |
Slide 14 of 26
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Slide Notes:
Testing in the Faroe Islands follow-up study required
very sophisticated testing to detect very mild, subtle
neurologic defects that would not be evident on routine
examinations. The results provided many interesting
observations, including the fact that the minor defects were
noted primarily in boys. The biologic explanation for
increased susceptibility to mercury of the male fetal brain
has not been determined. There are other genetic factors
associated with susceptibility to mercury toxicity which we
may understand some day.
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