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The regional distribution of copper and other trace elements in the human brain with special reference to Wilson's disease

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The regional distribution of copper and other trace elements was determined in the brain of a patient deceased in Wilson's disease against a control brain. The heterogeneous distribution of copper was checked by scanning electron microscope equipped with an X-ray microanalyzer.

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  1. Central Research Institute for Physics, Budapest, (Hungary)

    M. Ördögh, L. Pogány, I. L. Sziklai & E. Szabó

  2. Biochemical Institute, Medical University, Budapest, (Hungary)

    S. Fazekas

  3. Clinics of Psychiatry, Medical University, Budapest, (Hungary)

    E. Horváth & I. Óváry

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Ördögh, M., Fazekas, S., Horváth, E. et al. The regional distribution of copper and other trace elements in the human brain with special reference to Wilson's disease. J. Radioanal. Chem. 79, 15–21 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518846

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