Macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF) is an emerging condition of unknown cause, detected in patients with diffuse arthromyalgias and fatigue, and characterized by muscle infiltration by granular periodic acid-Schiff’s reagent-positive macrophages and lymphocytes. Itrracytoplasmic inclusions have been observed in macrophages of some patients….. We conclude that the MMF lesion is secondary to intramuscular injection of aluminum hydroxide-containing […]
Aluminum adjuvant linked to Gulf War Illness induces motor neuron death in mice
Michael S. Petrik, Margaret C. Wong, Rena C. Tabata, Robert F. Garry and Christopher A. Shaw Abstract Gulf War illness (GWI) affects a significant percentage of veterans of the 1991 conflict, but its origin remains unknown. Associated with some cases of GWI are increased incidences of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Whereas many […]
Aluminum Hydroxide Injections Lead to Motor Deficits and Motor Neuron Degeneration
Authors: Christopher Shaw/Michael Petrik 10 Feb 2010 Abstract: Gulf War Syndrome is a multi-system disorder afflicting many veterans of Western armies in the 1990–1991 Gulf War. A number of those afflicted may show neurological deficits including various cognitive dysfunctions and motor neuron disease, the latter expression virtually indistinguishable from classical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) except […]
Report of Motor Neuron Disease After HPV Vaccine
From Medscape Medical News October 28, 2009 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Investigators are reporting a case of motor neuron disease after immunization with the quadrivalent vaccine Gardasil. The Merck product is designed to prevent infection with several types of human papillomavirus. Presenting here at the 134th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association, researchers describe a […]
