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Open AccessNeoplastic disorders of prostate glands in the light of synchrotron radiation and multivariate statistical analysis
The prostate gland is the most common site of neoplastic disorders in men. The pathogenesis of inflammatory cells, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) lesions, and prostate cancer is still under investig...
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Open AccessCorrelation of concentrations of selected trace elements with Gleason grade of prostate tissues
The causes of prostate cancer are still obscure but some evidence indicates that there is a close connection between several trace elements and processes which may lead to malignant cells. In our study the mic...
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Determination of vanadium in animal tissues by PIXE and AAS
Proton induced X-ray emission (PIXE) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) were used for vanadium determination in animal tissues. The vanadium concentration levels were determined in blood, kidneys and liv...
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Sample preparation procedure for PIXE elemental analysis on soft tissues
Trace element analysis is one of the most important field in analytical chemistry. There are several instrumental techniques which are applied for determinations of microscopic elemental content. The PIXE (Pro...
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The Application of a Synchrotron Radiation Microprobe to Trace Element Analysis
Synchrotron radiation is light emitted by electrons when accelerated in a circular orbit. Some properties of synchrotron radiation important to trace element analysis by x-ray fluorescence analysis are: 1) a b...
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X-Ray Microscopy Studies on the Pharmaco-Dynamics of Therapeutic Gallium in Rat Bones
Since the original observation of exogenous gallium accumulation in bones ANGHILERI et al. [1], several studies have demonstrated that gallium nitrate is extremely effective in preserving bone mineral content ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Role of High-Energy Synchrotron Radiation in Biomedical Trace Element Research
Trace elements are intimately involved in biological function and dysfunction at all levels of biological organization. At the molecular level, trace elements perform innumerable catalytic and structural roles...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An X-Ray Microprobe Beam Line for Trace Element Analysis
The application of synchrotron radiation to a x-ray microprobe for trace element analysis is a complementary and natural extension of existing microprobe techniques using electrons, protons, and heavier ions a...
