ELEVATION OF SERUM CESIUM IN ALCOHOLIC DEMENTIA

Cesium levels in blood from patients with Alcoholic dementia (ETH) wer e compared to those from 5 patients with Alzheimer's disease and those from a control group, using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrome try. Serum cesium levels were elevated in the alcoholic dementia subje cts when compared with the control and the Alzheimer's dementia groups . This may represent a long term change in saturation of membrane lipi ds or alteration of a protein involved in cesium distribution within t he alcohol dementia group, The difference in red cell cesium concentra tions did not reach a statistically significant level.