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Trop Gastroenterol. 2005 Apr-Jun;26(2):73-5. Links
Regional differences in constituents of gall stones.
Ashok M, Nageshwar Reddy D, Jayanthi V, Kalkura SN, Vijayan V,
Gokulakrishnan S, Nair KG.
Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University & Stanley Medical College,
Chennai.
The pathogenesis of pigment and mixed gall stone formation remains
elusive. The elemental constituents of gall stones from southern states
of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka have been characterized. Our aim
was to determine the elemental concentration of representative samples
of pigment, mixed and cholesterol gall stones from Andhra Pradesh using
proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) using a 3 MV horizontal pelletron
accelerator. Pigment gall stones had significantly high concentrations
of copper, iron and lead; chromium was absent. Except for iron all
these elements were significantly low in cholesterol gall stones and
intermediate levels were seen in mixed gall stones. Highest
concentrations of chromium was seen in cholesterol and titanium in
mixed gall stones respectively; latter similar to other southern
states. Arsenic was distinctly absent in cholesterol and mixed gall
stones. The study has identified differences in elemental components of
the gall stones from Andhra Pradesh.
PMID: 16225049 [PubMed - in process]
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