Trace element content of the liver and the serum in patients with different liver US attenuation

Introduction: It was proved previously that low attenuation (DI) type bright livers show connective tissue dominance, while high attenuation (DII) type bright livers are associated with lipid deposition dominance. It was also demonstrated, that there is a trend of higher concentration of certain elements in the liver in some liver pathologies. The most important finding was that Ni concentration was extremely high in DII type bright livers. Purpose: It was studied that trace element, especially the Ni content of the liver and the serum of the same patients are similar or differing from each other. Material and m…