1. Institute of Toxicology, D-4000, Düsseldorf 1, FRG 2. Medical Institute of Environmental Hygiene, D-4000, Düsseldorf 1, FRG
Abstract:
Urinary aluminum (Al) excretion was studied in humans with normal and impaired renal function. Al was measured by atomic absorption
spectrometry. In healthy volunteers (n=50), renal Al excretion was 12.2±8.5 μg/24 h.
Two patients on plasma exchange therapy with normal renal function and an inadvertent load of 870 and 388 μg Al/treatment
showed a 23 and 14% positive balance until next treatment.