Aluminum and Dialysis Dementia
Authors: G. M. BERLYNE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1979)

Letters1 September 1979Aluminum and Dialysis DementiaG. M. BERLYNE, M.D.G. M. BERLYNE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-91-3-496_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: The paper by Arieff and colleagues on dialysis dementia in the May issue (1) misquotes one of our papers (2) and draws erroneous conclusions about aluminum toxicity in rats. Arieff and associates decided that our rats died of aspiration pneumonia. This is not correct. It would have been remarkable if those rats given oral A1C13and A1SO4solution to drink had inhaled A1(OH)3. Hypostatic pneumonia,notaspiration pneumonia, was found. The histologic appearances of aluminum hydroxide aspiration were not present, nor did we mention aspiration pneumonia as a factor. Similar toxic effects in rats have been found...References1. 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