Journal:
:international journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research
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m hadjibabaie clinical pharmacology department, faculty of pharmacy, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
masoud iravani hematology- oncology and stem cell transplantation research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
ahmad reza shamshiri epidemiology and biostatistics department, faculty of public health and institute of public health research, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
z zaker clinical pharmacology department, faculty of pharmacy, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
seyed asad-o-allah mousavi hematology- oncology and stem cell transplantation research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
kamran alimoghaddam hematology- oncology and stem cell transplantation research center, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
introduction: zinc (zn) deficiency can cause significant defects in cellular immunity. hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) patients usually experience serious deficiencies of all components of the immune system. therefore, the maintenance of a normal zn status may be important in this group of patients. patients and methods: serum zn levels were analyzed in 55 patients during the hsc...