MEASUREMENT OF WHOLE-BODY NITROGEN BY...

MEASUREMENT OF WHOLE-BODY NITROGEN BY NEUTRON-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS

Abstract

Whole-body nitrogen was measured in man using a new technique of neutron-activation analysis. Patients were irradiated with a small dose of fast neutrons and the capture γ rays arising from neutron interactions with nitrogen nuclei were recorded. Sixty-five patients with various diseases have been studied on 190 occasions. The technique has proved to be highly reproducible and offers a new experimental approach to the study of metabolic disorders in clinical medicine.

Authors

Harvey TC; Dykes PW; Chen NS; Ettinger KV; Jain S; James H; Chettle DR; Fremlin JH; Thomas BJ

Journal

The Lancet, Vol. 302, No. 7826, pp. 395–399

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

August 25, 1973

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(73)92269-1

ISSN

0140-6736

Associated Experts

David Chettle

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science

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