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Aluminum concentrations in serum of patients with intracranial tumors
1Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Academy, Sofia.
Zentralblatt Fur Neurochirurgie
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The concentration of serum aluminum was measured by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry in 71 patients with intracranial tumors. The data were compared with those from a reference group of 15 healthy adult individuals. The serum concentrations of aluminum were significantly increased (p < 0.01) in patients with malignant gliomas and meningiomas. The concentrations of serum calcium, known as an antagonist of aluminum, were normal in the same patients.