PURPOSE Zinc deficiency can induce serious clinical problems in the gastrointestinal (GI) system and immune system and can affect growth and development. It is more severe in younger patients. Chronic zinc deficiency is reflected more precisely in hair than in serum. We studied hair zinc levels and other hair and serum micronutrients in chronic malnourished children to identify which micronutri...

Reference ranges for albumin bound and alpha 2-macroglobulin bound zinc concentrations have been determined in a study of sera obtained from 134 healthy adults. The concentrations of zinc bound to alpha 2-macroglobulin were remarkably constant with a mean (+/-SD) of 2.4 +/- 0.6 mumol/l; the variations in total serum zinc concentrations were almost entirely accounted for by variations in the zin...

BACKGROUND Preeclampsia is one of the commonest causes of prenatal and maternity related death in the world. Preeclampsia is caused by multiple factors and finding any factor related to this disorder can help on time prevention of this disease, which reduces the mortality of mothers and infants. Zinc deficiency is a possible risk factor for risky pregnancies and the results of studies on this s...

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...

background: pre-eclampsia along with its complications seems to be one of the major causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. despite numerous studies, the etiology of pre-eclampsia has not yet been fully elucidated. according to recent studies changes in the level of blood trace elements can be an adverse event in human and animal pregnancy. the present study determines whether maternal seru...

background there are several indicators to determine the health status in a society. one of these indicators is birth weight, and it is associated not only with nutrition quality, health and prenatal care, it also associated with the child's normal growth and development. material and methods this research was an analytical and cross–sectional research which was performed on women referred to i...

usual MET-EL-S rubber stopper (3.97 and 3.99 mg/litre), as compared to bottles capped with Parafilm (2.32 and 2.26 mg/litre). For the nitric acid wash of the MET-EL-S rubber stopper, a zinc value exceeding 30 mg/litre was found. The contents of a bottle of the MET-EL-S quality-control serum was mixed and left inverted on the rubber stopper for five days, when the zinc value was found to be 6.80...

This study was conducted to determine the serum concentration of zinc in children with acute pyelonephritis. Serum zinc levels of 60 children with acute pyelonephritis and 60 healthy children were compared. Acute pyelonephritis was diagnosed using Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) renal scan. Serum zinc levels were measured by the atomic absorption flame spectrophotometry. The levels in que...

1 Associate Professor, RMMCH 2 Post Graduate, RMMCH Abstract Background: Neonatal jaundice is one of the common newborn illness for which existing therapies are not only costly, time-consuming but also has some inherent risks. Phototherapy duration can be reduced by adding zinc salts. Uunconjugated bilirubin in the intestine (bilirubin and zinc can form a complex in physiologic pH) is precipita...