title: Aluminum concentrations in serum of patients with intracranial tumors.
abstract: The concentration of serum aluminum was measured by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry in 71 patients with intracranial tumors. The data were compared with those from a reference group of 15 healthy adult individuals. The serum concentrations of aluminum were significantly increased (p < 0.01) in patients with malignant gliomas and meningiomas. The concentrations of serum calcium, known as an antagonist of aluminum, were normal in the same patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Academy, Sofia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Philipov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tzatchev
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000097:blood; D000328:Adult; D000535:Aluminum / Q000097:blood*; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000097:blood; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000556:secondary; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000097:blood*; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000097:blood; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D000535:Aluminum