giardia lamblia is one of the most important intestinal parasites. the aim of this study was to measure serum levels of iga, ige, zinc, copper, vitamin b12 and folate in individuals with giardiasis in comparison to normal subjects.the study was carried out among 49 giardia positive and 39 age and sex matched healthy volunteers. examination of stool samples was done by direct wet smear and formo...

introduction : zinc deficiency decreases appetite, stunts the growth and increases incidence of infection and if zinc deficiency persists it may cause short stature and delay in puberty. the aim of this research is to specify the level of serum zinc in children with growth disorder and weight gaining. methods : this cross sectional descriptive study was done on 460 children under 5 years who we...

introduction: cancer and chemotherapy could decrease serum zinc level. in this study, serum zinc level was investigated at the beginning of cancer diagnosis and 3 months after chemotherapy in children with all types of cancer. method: in this cross sectional study forty-five 1-15 year old children who were newly diagnosed cancer cases (leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumor) were evaluated. patient...

The aim our study was to evaluate the levels of zinc in blood serum, hair, and specimens of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques (CAAPs) and their relationship to levels of MMP-9 and TIMP-1 in the serum of patients with stable and unstable CAAPs. Material and Methods: The study included 73 patients (55 men and 18 women) aged from 46 to 88 years (mean age 65.96±1.07 years) with CAAPs. The cont...

Introduction: Cancer and chemotherapy could decrease serum Zinc level. In this study, serum Zinc level was investigated at the beginning of cancer diagnosis and 3 months after chemotherapy in children with all types of cancer. Method: In this cross sectional study forty-five 1-15 year old children who were newly diagnosed cancer cases (leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumor) were evaluated. Pat...

Zinc plays a critical role in the normal functioning of the immune system. We investigated whether zinc sulfate administered orally to adult zinc-replete volunteers modulates systemic and intestinal immune responses to an oral killed cholera toxoid B subunit (CTB) whole-cell cholera vaccine. The 30 participants were immunized twice, with a 17-day interval. The vaccinees in the intervention grou...

serum copper, zinc and the cu/zn ratio were measured in 55 patients with breast disease (20 with benign breast disease and 35 patients with breast cancer) and 30 healthy subjects. the mean serum copper levels were higher in breast cancer than in benign breast diseases (127.5 µg/dl versus 92.4 µg/dl) (p<0.0005) and controls (127.5 µg/dl versus 75.6 µg/dl) (p<0.0005). patients with advanced breas...

Twenty nine children with Crohn's disease were studied before and after treatment with steroids or an elemental diet to assess the effect of disease activity and treatment on serum insulin like growth factor I (IGF-I), insulin like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP-1), and insulin concentrations. The median serum IGF-I concentration was lower in patients with active disease than in matched c...

apart from the breast milk, infant formula and baby weaning food have a special role in infant diet. infants and young children are very susceptible to amount of trace elements. copper and zinc are two elements that add in infant food. lead and cadmium are heavy metals that enter to food chain unavoidably. dpasv is a benefit and applicable method for measurement of trace elements in food produc...