Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9754954 | Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Results indicated significantly lower levels of Fe in the hair of patients (p=0.018) compared with controls. Ca and Mg levels were slightly lower while Zn levels were higher in patients, although these differences were not significant; neither were variations in Cu and Si. Ca and Mg were at least 1.5 times higher in females than in males in both controls and patients. In addition, Ca correlated positively with Mg in both groups and in both sexes (p-value always less than 0.03), and negatively with age in patients (p<0.01). Finally, element levels did not correlate with either the duration or the severity of the disease or with anti-Parkinson treatment.
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Authors
Giovanni Forte, Alessandro Alimonti, Nicola Violante, Marco Di Gregorio, Oreste Senofonte, Francesco Petrucci, Giuseppe Sancesario, Beatrice Bocca,