Evaluation of iron , magnesium and selenium in sera of acute and chronic myelgeneous leukemia Iraqi patients

Abstract

The present study performed on acute myelgeneous leukemia (AML)
and chronic myelgeneous leukemia (CML) attending kadhmiya teaching
hospital in addition to 20 healthy individual as control group . The
elements Fe , Mg and Se were evaluated in the sera of all above individuals
using atomic absorption spectrophotometry .
The results revealed a non significant difference in Fe concentration
among all studied groups, while a significant decrease in Mg and Se levels
in both patients groups compared to control were found , on other hand no
significant difference in Mg and Se levels in sera of AML and CML was
notice. A conclusion is that trace element abnormalities occur in both
patients groups compared to control