Cell specific quantitative iron mapping on brain slices by immuno-µPIXE in healthy elderly and Parkinson’s disease

Table 1 Case profile of the human subjects

	Case #	PMD (h)	Gender	Age (years)	Neuropathology (PD)	COD
CO	1	48	Female	78	control/ NAD	Respiratory failure
	2	26	Female	71	control/ NAD	Peritonitis
	3	24	Female	87	control/ NAD	Global insufficiency
	4	24	Male	75	control/ NAD	Bronchopneumonia
	5	24	Male	65	control/ NAD	Myocardial infarction
	6	51	Male	31	control/ NAD	Coronary failure
	7	48	Male	69	control/ NAD	Myocardial infarction
	8	72	Male	49	control/ NAD	Myocardial infarction
Mean		40 ± 16	3/5	66 ± 16
PD	9	30	Female	67	clin./path	Myocardial infarction
	10	48	Female	77	clin./path	Bronchopneumonia
	11	48	Female	77	clin./path	Bronchopneumonia
	12	26	Male	82	clin./path	Renal failure
	13	26	Male	62	clin./path	Bronchopneumonia
	14	24	Male	72	clin./path	Myocardial infarction
	15	26	Male	88	clin./path	Pancreatitis
	16	34	Male	73	clin./path	Pulmonary embolism
Mean		33 ± 9	3/5	75 ± 7

PD Parkinson’s disease, PMD post mortem delay, COD cause of death, Clin clinical diagnosis of PD, path pathological diagnosis of PD, NAD no abnormality detected

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