Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
DOI
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Abstract
In this study, serum and fingernali Cu and Mg levels of 10 children with acute Iymphoblastic leukemia and 12 healthy children were determined. Copper and magnesium levels of the sera and supernatants were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometer. (Perkin-Elmer 400). Fingernail Cu and Mg levels of the patients were 8.67 ± 5.35 and 0.22 ± 0.12 µmol/mg of nail respectively. The values for control subjects were 4.27 ± 2.32 and 0.14 ± 0.03 µmol/mg of nail. Serum Cu and Mg levels of the patients were 525.1 ± 160.9 µg/dl and 2.42 ± 0.54 mg/dl, and those of controls were 115.0 ± 70.7 µg/dl and 2.20 ± 0.70 mg/dl respectively. The differences between serum Cu and fingernail Cu and Mg levels of the two groups were statistically significant which might be an index for the activity of the disease.
Keywords
Leukemia, copper, magnesium, fingernail
First Page
155
Last Page
156
Recommended Citation
AKKUŞ, İdris; GÜRBİLEK, Mehmet; ÇALIŞKAN, Ümran; KAPTANOĞLU, Bünyamin; and ÜNER, Abdurrahman (1998) "Blood and Fingernail Copper (Cu) andMagnesium (Mg) Levels of Children With AcuteLymphoblastic Leukemia," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 28: No. 2, Article 9. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol28/iss2/9
