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Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2021 Zinc deficiency is among the leading risks to human health in sub-Saharan Africa, its adverse exposure leads to diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria. Furthermore, it is the leading cause of stunting in children and negatively influences the human immune ...
Mashamba Philipo +2 more
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The role of zinc in the prevention and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Metabolism Open, 2021 The zinc element is an essential nutrient for human health. Zinc is involved in the glucose, lipid, and protein metabolism and antioxidant processes in biological pathways. Zinc deficiency can lead to several chronic liver diseases.
Mary Barbara, Ayse L. Mindikoglu
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Association between zinc deficiency and aorta stiffness in non-diabetic hemodialysis patients.
PLoS ONE, 2023 ObjectivesZinc deficiency (Zn < 60 μg/dL) is known to play an important role for vascular calcification. However, little data is available regarding the association between zinc deficiency and aorta stiffness in dialysis patients.
Kunihiro Ishioka +9 more
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Effect of Preventive Supplementation with Zinc and other Micronutrients on Non-Malarial Morbidity in Tanzanian Pre-School Children: A Randomized Trial. [PDF]
, 2012 The efficacy of preventive zinc supplementation against diarrhea and respiratory illness may depend on simultaneous supplementation with other micronutrients.
Ayşe Y. Demir +10 more
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Maternal serum zinc deficiency in cases of neural tube defect in Gorgan, north Islamic Republic of Iran [PDF]
, 2009 Previous studies have shown a high rate of neural tube defects (NTD) in Gorgan, northern Islamic Republic of Iran. This case-control study during 2003-04 compared serum zinc levels and other variables in 23 mothers of neonates affected with NTD and 36 ...
Golalipour, M.J. +3 more
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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2020 Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is a rare, autosomal-recessive disorder of neonatal zinc deficiency due to SLC39A4 (intestinal zinc transporter, Zip4) gene mutation with onset after weaning while breastfeeding during this period will be protective ...
Sanket Vashist +2 more
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Combinatorial effects of zinc deficiency and arsenic exposure on zebrafish (Danio rerio) development. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Zinc deficiency and chronic low level exposures to inorganic arsenic in drinking water are both significant public health concerns that affect millions of people including pregnant women.
Laura M Beaver +7 more
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Zinc deficiency effect on clinical features of Coronavirus Disease 2019 patients: A scoping review
Acta Biochimica Indonesiana, 2023 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020. Various therapeutic guidelines have been established for treating COVID-19, such as anti-inflammatory, antiviral therapies, and zinc supplementation.
Moch Ikhsan Juliansyah +2 more
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Case Reports in Oncology, 2023 While copper deficiency is rare, it can have serious consequences, including pancytopenia and neuropathy. This treatable micronutrient deficiency can present very similarly to myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a group of myeloid neoplasms which can carry ...
Maya Rosenberg +3 more
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Maternal zinc intakes and homeostatic adjustments during pregnancy and lactation. [PDF]
, 2012 Zinc plays critical roles during embryogenesis, fetal growth, and milk secretion, which increase the zinc need for pregnancy and lactation. Increased needs can be met by increasing the dietary zinc intake, along with making homeostatic adjustments in ...
Donangelo, Carmen, King, Janet
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