Abstract

STUDYING OF METAL ELEMENTS IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FOR CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS

*Lelas Farhan Bdaiwi, Sayran Sattar Saleh and Luay Abed Al-Helaly

ABSTRACT

The research includes studying the levels of some metal elements and electrolyte in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia ALL patients these parameters include: Iron (Fe), Cupper (Cu), Zinc(Zn), Magnesium (Mg), Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca), Phosphorus (P) and Chloride (Cl) levels in CSF. The study was done on (140) sample (95) were male and(45) female and (73) were healthy children as healthy group(39) male and (34) female the age of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia ranged from 1-15 years for both sex. The results showed there was a significant increase in Fe, Cu, K, and P in the CSF for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients in comparison with control group for both sex, and all age group a significant decrease was shown in the levels of Zn, Mg, Ca and Na. while there was non-significant decrease in Cl levels.

Keywords: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Cerebrospinal fluid, Element.