Analysis of heavy metals content in the brain with the use of electron paramagnetic resonance in a clinically unusual case of hepato-lenticular degeneration
Wender, M.; Szczech, J.; Hoffmann, S.
Neuropatologia Polska 31(1-2): 17-24
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-3894 PMID: 8208437 Document Number: 411645
An analysis of heavy metals content in the brain of a clinically unusual case of hepatolenticular degeneration was performed with the use of paramagnetic resonance. The studies established a manyfold increase of copper content in the brain in the form of free ions, and, less significant, also in the form of copper multi-ion clusters. The content of iron in the studied brain was lower than in controls. These results confirmed significantly the neuropathological diagnosis of hepato-lenticular degeneration.