RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Trace elements in the spinal cord and other tissues in motor neuron disease.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 211
OP 215
DO 10.1136/jnnp.49.2.211
VO 49
IS 2
A1 J D Mitchell
A1 B W East
A1 I A Harris
A1 R J Prescott
A1 B Pentland
YR 1986
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/49/2/211.abstract
AB Trace elements were estimated in the spinal cord, liver and bone of five patients dying of motor neuron disease and five control subjects dying of non-neurological disease. The content of selenium in cord and liver and the cord manganese level were significantly increased in the motor neuron disease patients. These findings are discussed in terms of the possible aetiology of motor neuron disease.