Determination of elements in bone of tuberculous-arthritis patients by radioisotope X-ray fluorescence analysis

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Akyuz T., Bassari A., Akyuz S.

JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, vol.232, pp.253-255, 1998 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Letter
• Volume: 232
• Publication Date: 1998
• Doi Number: 10.1007/bf02383750
• Journal Name: JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.253-255
• Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The quantitative analysis of the human femoral bone of 17 tuberculosis-arthritis (Koch-arthnitis) patients (9 males and 8 females) in the age range of 45-65, for Ca, P, Zn, Sr, Be, La and Ce were performed by using radioisotope energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and the results were compared with those of 12 healthy control groups (8 males and 4 females) in the age range of 37-58. The results indicate that the concentrations of P, Ca, and Sr in the control group are higher than those in the patient group, while the concentrations of Zn, Ba, La and Ce are not significantly different.