Zinc and copper status of thalassemic children.
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1997-12-10
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We investigated the amount of both zinc and copper in plasma, erythrocytes and hair in 11 patients with hemoglobin H disease, 59 patients with beta-thalassemia/HbE disease and 20 patients with homozygous beta-thalassemia. Plasma and hair zinc levels were found to be much lower, but erythrocyte zinc levels were higher, in thalassemic patients than in controls. The levels of copper in both plasma and erythrocytes were higher in the patients than in the controls. The mechanism with respect to the increase of the amount of both zinc and copper in erythrocytes was not clear; this result may reflect the impairment of zinc and copper utilization in tissues in the pathogenesis of these thalassemic patients.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Kajanachumpol S, Tatu T, Sasanakul W, Chuansumrit A, Hathirat P. Zinc and copper status of thalassemic children. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1997 Dec; 28(4): 877-80