Introduction: Neonatal jaundice is the most common cause of hospitalization.Animal study demonstrated a decrease in serum bililrubin level after zinc treatment in hyperbilirubinemic rats. The objective of this study was the investigation of serum zinc level in the neonates with idiopatic .   Materials and Methods: A case-control study was undertaken on 263 neonates in a neonatal intensive care ...

OBJECTIVE: The present study was performed to compare the antioxidant effect of two different doses of zinc on lipid oxidation in type 2 diabetic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted on 60 type 2 diabetic patients in Yazd Diabetes Research Center in 2008. The subjects were randomly allocated to receive Zinc sulfate (Iran, Alhavi) either ...

aim : this study evaluated serum levels of zinc in patient with cd compare to healthy subjects. background : celiac disease (cd) is characterized by small intestinal malabsorption of nutrients as a consequence of ingestion of wheat gluten. zinc is an essential trace element that it has vital biological functions. patients and methods : sera of 30 celiac cases and 30 healthy normal cohorts as co...

INTRODUCTION Zinc is an essential trace element for human nutrition, and its deficiency is associated with anorexia, poor food efficiency, growth retardation, and impaired neurological and immune systems. The zinc-deficiency rate is particularly high in many disease states, such as with end-stage renal disease patients undertaking hemodialysis. The aim of this study was to determine the effect ...

studies have demonstrated that zinc plays an important role in development of cardiovascular diseases in western populations. but there is little data for other racial groups. this study was aimed to investigate the association between serum zinc and coronary artery disease (cad) in iranian subjects.this study was conducted on 81 subjects,which referred to heshmat hospital of guilan province , ...

Sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is associated with zinc deficiency; zinc supplementation may ameliorate some of its clinical manifestations including the relief of painful crisis. Subjects and Methods. Serum zinc levels were determined in 71 children with SCA and painful crisis and in equal numbers in steady state. Seventy-one children with AA genotype acted as controls. Qualitative assessment of zin...

background: although effects of trace elements on secretion of sex steroids and insulin have been studied, the effects of these hormones on serum level of trace elements have been rarely investigated. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of testosterone and finasteride administration and castration on serum levels of testosterone, insulin, zinc and chromium. methods: male adu...

BACKGROUND It has been reported that some alopecia areata patients have zinc deficiency. There have also been several reports published concerning oral zinc sulfate therapy, with encouraging results, in some alopecia areata patients. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effects of oral zinc supplementation for twelve weeks in alopecia areata patients who had a l...

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...