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Nephrotic syndrome in two members of a family with mercury poisoning
A Meeks1, P R Keith, M S Tanner
1Department of Child Health, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
Journal of Trace Elements and Electrolytes in Health and Disease
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
Elevated urine mercury levels in two Asian brothers with the nephrotic syndrome led to the discovery of very high mercury concentrations in 7 out of 10 other family members. Mercury contamination was caused by gold refining in a garage at the home. Although childhood nephrotic syndrome is usually idiopathic, the proteinuria and the mercury inhalation were probably causally related in this family.