Aluminium has become increasingly implicated in the aetiology of several neurodegenerative diseases and the oral route of entry is probably responsible for the majority of body aluminium. Research however, has been hampered because of difficulties in analytical procedures and the lack of a suitable radioisotope of aluminium The use of chemically similar Group 3 radioisotopes,
67Ga and
46Sc as analogues for aluminium has proved to be successful....
Date of Award | Sept 1988 |
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Original language | English |
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- intestinal absorption
- tissue distribution
- gallium
- scandium
- rat
- aluminium
The intestinal Absorption and Tissue Distribution of Gallium and Scandium in the Rat: Prospective Models for Aluminium
Farrar, G. (Author). Sept 1988
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy