Serum Vanadium Levels
Authors: RITA CORNELIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1980)

Letters and Corrections1 May 1980Serum Vanadium LevelsRITA CORNELIS, PH.D., JACQUES VERSIECK, PH.D.RITA CORNELIS, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, JACQUES VERSIECK, PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-92-5-710 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: We wish to comment on the serum vanadium levels mentioned by Bello-Reuss and colleagues (1) in their report "Serum Vanadium Levels in Chronic Renal Disease" (1). Table 1 shows that their mean value corresponds to the outdated figure of Schroeder and coworkers (2) but differs substantially from more recent data. More particularly, work in our laboratory yielded normal concentrations below 1 ng/mL (3). The accuracy and precision of our method were carefully checked by analyses of reference materials (Bowen's kale powder, International Atomic Energy Agency animal muscle H-4, and National Bureau of Standards bovine liver SRM 1577)...References1. BELLO-REUSS E, GRADY T, and MAZUMDAR D. Serum vanadium levels in chronic renal disease. Ann Intern Med. 1979;91:743. LinkGoogle Scholar2. SCHROEDER H, BALASSA J, and TIPTON I. Abnormal trace metals in man—vanadium. J Chronic Dis. 1963;16:1047-71. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. CORNELIS R, VERSIECK J, MEES L, HOSTE J, and BARBIER F. Determination of vanadium in human serum by neutron activation analysis. J Radioanal Chem. 1980;55:35-43. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BYRNE A and KOSTA L. Vanadium in foods and in human body fluids and tissues. Sci Total Environ. 1978;10:17-30. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. SABBIONI E, MARAFANTE E, PIETRA R, GOETZ L, GIRARDI F, and ORVINE E. The association of vanadium with the iron transport system in human blood as determined by gel filtration and neutron activation analysis. In: Nuclear Activation Techniques in the Life Sciences. Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency; 1979:179-92. Google Scholar6. CHRISTIAN G. Catalytic determination of vanadium in blood and urine. Anal Lett. 1971;4:187-96. CrossrefGoogle Scholar1. WETZ B. Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy. New York: Verlag Chemie International; 1976. Google Scholar2. PARKER R and SHARMA R. Accumulation and depletion of vanadium in selected tissues of rats treated with vanadyl sulfate and sodium orthovanadate. J Environ Pathol Toxicol. 1978;2:235-45. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: RITA CORNELIS, PH.D.; JACQUES VERSIECK, PH.D.Affiliations: Institute for Nuclear Sciences and Academic Hospital of the University of Ghent B-9000 Ghent, Belgium PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byVanadate and its significance in biochemistry and pharmacologyPhysiological and pharmacological properties of vanadium 1 May 1980Volume 92, Issue 5Page: 710-711KeywordsAttentionLiverMusclesRenal diseasesResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1980 PDF downloadLoading ...