Trace elements in scalp hair samples from patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Tamburo, Elisa ^a   Varrica, Daniela ^a   Dongarrà, Gaetano ^a   Grimaldi, Luigi Maria Edoardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Centro Medicina Delle Cefalee   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ASBESTOS; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NATALIZUMAB; NICKEL; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL EXTRACTION; METAL RECOVERY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; SCALP HAIR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLE; AGED; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP;

ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; RUBIDIUM; SCALP; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

EID: 84928963784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122142     Document Type: Article

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