TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Copper KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Iron KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Skin KW - Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission KW - Zinc AU - Sheskin J AU - Zeimer R AB -

The skin of leprous patients at various stages of the disease was investigated by diagnostic x-ray spectrometry, In the active stage raised iron and slightly raised zinc levels were found. The usefulness of the method in skin investigation is foreseen.

BT - International journal of dermatology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/924707?dopt=Abstract DA - 1977 Nov DO - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1977.tb01894.x IS - 9 J2 - Int. J. Dermatol. LA - eng N2 -

The skin of leprous patients at various stages of the disease was investigated by diagnostic x-ray spectrometry, In the active stage raised iron and slightly raised zinc levels were found. The usefulness of the method in skin investigation is foreseen.

PY - 1977 SP - 745 EP - 7 T2 - International journal of dermatology TI - In vivo study of trace elements in leprous skin. VL - 16 SN - 0011-9059 ER -