title: Nickel in nails, hair and plasma from nickel-hypersensitive women.
abstract: The concentrations of nickel in finger-nails, toe-nails, hair and plasma from 71 nickel-hypersensitive women and 20 non-hypersensitive women were determined. Nickel concentrations in finger-nails were significantly higher than in toe-nails in both the nickel-hypersensitive group and the control group. Nickel-sensitive women had significantly higher levels of nickel in toe-nails, hair and plasma than had control subjects, whereas there was no significant difference in nickel concentration in finger-nails between the two groups. No correlation could be demonstrated between nickel levels in any combination of nails, hair and plasma in the nickel-hypersensitive or in the control group.
authors.affiliation: Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Department of General Chemistry, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gammelgaard
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Veien
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D004485:Eczema / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry*; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009262:Nails / Q000737:chemistry*; D009532:Nickel / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D014034:Toes
chemical_list: D009532:Nickel