NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE FOR NAIL SODIUM CONCENTRATION IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS

1 January 1971

journal article
Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics

Vol. 47 (1) , 88-93
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.47.1.88

Abstract

This study reports nail sodium values in milliequivalents per kilogram as determined by neutron activation analysis in a variety of normal, hospitalized, and cystic fibrosis children. The elevated sodium values thus determined in cystic fibrosis indicate the usefulness of the method, though they are not in themselves diagnostic. The nails are porous to sodium and reflect the sweat sodium levels. The results are influenced by age, environment of the nail, and other disease conditions.

Keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS
BONE NAILS
NAILS
NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
SODIUM
MASS OR SUBSTANCE CONCENTRATION PER VOLUME

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