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M Dastych

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PubMed1986

[Effect of penicillamine therapy on the concentration of zinc, copper, iron, calcium and magnesium in the serum and their excretion in urine].

The application of Penicillamine (750 mg per day) for one year resulted in the expected increase of urinary copper excretion (8-10 fold). The increase of Zinc excretion was only moderate (2 fold). The application of Penicillamine did not influence the excretion of Ca, Mg and Fe. We did not find a decrease of Zinc content in the hair of patients after one year treatment. The serum concentration of Zn, Cu, Fe, Ca and Mg was not influence by the application of Penicillamine. Thus, a treatment with Penicillamine is not a probable cause of zinc deficiency in liver disease.

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Analysis of zinc, iron and copper serum levels in patients with common variable immunodeficiency.

Serum zinc, copper and iron levels together with content of zinc in hair were investigated in 13 patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and in 13 controls. A significant decrease in serum zinc (mean = 11.3 mumol/l, SD = 2.9 in CVID patients compared to mean 14.3 mumol/l, SD = 2.4 in controls) and iron levels (mean = 11.8 mumol/l, SD = 3.1 in CVID patients, mean = 18.3 mumol/l, SD = 4.7 in controls) in CVID patients were observed. Hair zinc content of CVID patients was significantly decreased compared to healthy persons (1.41 mumol/g, SD = 0.64 in CVID patients, and mean = 2.23 mumol/g, SD = 0.83 in controls). Serum copper level in CVID patients was significantly increased compared to controls (mean = 24.4 mumol/l, SD = 4.8 in CVID Patients, mean = 14.6 mumol/l, SD = 2.8 in controls). The decreased serum zinc and iron levels may be caused by disturbed absorption in the intestines of patients with CVID, but redistribution due to chronic inflammatory processes is a second possible explanation of hypozincemia in CVID patients.

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