Summary:
Study of aluminium in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in
motor neuron disease (MND) was carried out in the
Neurology department of Sir Salimullah Medical College
and Mitford Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The duration
of study was from January 2002 to June 2004. Seventy
MND subjects between 16 to 65 years were selected.
Among them 42 were male and 28 female. Same number
of controls matched for age, sex, occupation and
habitation (rural or urban) were also selected. Plasma
and CSF were collected from the subjects and controls.