Trace elemental analysis of blood serum samples of patients afflicted with parkinson’s disease

Trace elemental analysis was carried out in the blood samples of patients afflicted with Parkinson’s disease and controls using ICP-MS technique. 23 elements over a wide Z range from Li to Pb were detected and their concentrations determined. These concentrations levels are analyzed to find a possible correlation between the levels of some of these trace elements in the diseased and the pathology of the disease.