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Postmortem activation analysis: Preliminary observations in the preterm infant

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Few data exist on the elemental composition of the human body during infancy. The scarcity of the data is due, in part, to the destructive nature of total body analyses normally required for the classical chemical approach. To help determine such data for infants, we have developed a neutron activation facility for nondestructive postmortem analyses. The system consists of a multisource241AmBe irradiator and a multidetector NaI(T1) whole body counter. The total body contents of K, Ca, P, Na and Cl are determined. Postmortem examinations have been performed in twelve infant cadavers. These results are compared with those of the reference fetus.

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  1. USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital Baylor College of Medicine, 77030, Houston, Texas, (USA)

    K. J. Ellis, R. J. Shypailo, R. Schanler, C. Langston & M. Finegold

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Ellis, K.J., Shypailo, R.J., Schanler, R. et al. Postmortem activation analysis: Preliminary observations in the preterm infant. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 169, 317–323 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042989

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