background and objectives:    febrile convulsion is one of the most common types of seizure in childhood. its pathogenesis is unknown, so studying its cause is valuable. the purpose of this study was to determine the serum level of zinc and magnesium in children withfebrileconvulsion (f.c) (3 months to 6 years age). patients and methods: in this analytical case-control study, serum level of zin...

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 workers we...

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 ...

Aim: To assess serum HGF concentration in individuals with bipolar disorder and investigate the efficacy of zinc therapy on these levels. Subjects and methods: Serum from 35 individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder and 19 age and gender similar controls were tested for HGF concentration using ELISAs, and copper and zinc plasma levels using inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Result...

febrile convulsions (fc) are the most common neurologic disorder in children 6-60 months of age. zinc (zn) and copper (cu) play role as cofactors in more than 300 enzymatic activities significantly. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship serum levels of zn and cu with seizure occurrence in febrile children. in this case-control study, 270 children with 6 month to 6 years were ev...

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...