Role of trace elements In duchenne muscular dystrophy

Abstract

Atomic absorption analysis involves measuring the absorption of light by vaporized ground state atoms and relating the absorption to concentration. The incident beam of light is attenuated by atomic vapour absorption according to Beer's Law. The estimation of trace elements show a colorful presentation of different metals. It has been seen and found that the levels of zinc and selenium were lower in DMD cases in comparison to healthy controls. The elements such as copper, calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium were found higher than controls. On the basis of statistical analysis we have measured regression and correlation coefficients including multiple correlation coefficients between different trace elements like Na, K, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe and Selenium in normal samples. A trend has been found in coefficient of correlation such as CuZn