Serum zinc concentration was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in 30 normal males, 17 normal females, 20 patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans, 26 patients with thromboangiitis obliterans, 40 patients with Takayasu's disease. The mean serum zinc concentration was 93.9 +/- S.E.4.0 mug/100 ml in the normal male controls, 75.1 +/- 3.3 mug/100 ml in patients with arteriosclerosis ...

background: asthma is a multifactorial disease and its severity varies with the inflammatory grade. there are conflicting reports about the roles of trace elements in asthma. this study examined the effects of zinc (zn), copper (cu), and selenium (se) concentrations in sera of patients with allergic asthma attending ghaem hospital, mashhad, iran. methods: forty-nine patients, aged 10 to 50 year...

UNLABELLED Reduced serum-zinc concentrations are well known as typical laboratory characteristics in advanced head and neck cancer. Our aim was to follow the development of this phenomenon during the disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 21 patients were included in this pilot-study (1 female, 20 male). The median age was 64 years, range 43-80 years. The following tumour localizations were...

Background: Examining the relationship between cord blood and maternal serum zinc levels and birth weight.Methods: A total of 127 infant-mother pairs were assigned to study (n = 58; with birth weight < 2500 g) and control (n = 69; with birth weight ≥ 2500 g) groups. Serum samples were collected from eligible mothers and cord blood of their low birth weight (LBW) or normal birth weight (NBW) hea...

Background: Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a common inflammatory disease of unknown origins. Recent studies have considered nutritional factors concerning the pathogenesis of many autoimmune disorders. The objective of the present study was to investigate the plasma levels of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and iron (Fe) in this disorder. Methods: Included in this observation...

Background:Purpose of present study was to investigate whether chronic exposure to zinc fume would affect serum zinc levels, memory, and cognition in zinc fume-exposed workers. Methods:In a cross-sectional study, all zinc fume-exposed workers (exposed, n=20) were compared with unexposed workers (reference, n=20) matched for sex and education level in a zinc galvanization factory. The worker...

zinc (zn) as a nutritional factor affects the health of the oral tissues. this study was done for the evaluation of the effects of zinc deficiency on the oral tissues of rats. the study was carried out on 14 male wistar rats, cessation of lactation on the 24th day after birth. the rats were randomly divided into two groups. zinc deficient (zd) diet was used for one group and another group was f...

The serum Zinc, Alkaline phosphatase activity and Albumin levels of 50 protein energy malnourished children (6 months – 5 years) were compared with those of 50 normal chil-dren. The levels of zinc was found to be significantly low in malnourished groups and tended to vary with the degree of malnutrition as compared to the control group (p<0.001). These levels were lower in children who had skin...