Daily Preventive Zinc Supplementation Decreases Lymphocyte and Eosinophil Concentrations in Rural Laotian Children from Communities with a High Prevalence of Zinc Deficiency: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND:Zinc deficiency impairs immune function and is common among children in South-East Asia. OBJECTIVES:The effect of zinc supplementation on immune function in young Laotian children was investigated.
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Zinc deficiency in cirrhosis. [PDF]
Gut, 1991 WOS ...
Ozsoylu, S, Koçak, Şahin, Akgün, N
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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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BMC Oral Health, 2022 Background Zinc is mainly absorbed in the duodenum and proximal jejunum, which are removed during pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Little is known about the adverse oral events and skin disorders caused by zinc deficiency after PD.
Hironobu Hata +9 more
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Grain zinc, iron and protein concentrations and zinc-efficiency in wild emmer wheat under contrasting irrigation regimes [PDF]
, 2008 Micronutrient malnutrition, and particularly deficiency in zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe), afflicts over three billion people worldwide, and nearly half of the world’s cereal-growing area is affected by soil Zn deficiency.
Cakmak, Ismail +8 more
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Lessons Learned from Experimental Human Model of Zinc Deficiency
Journal of Immunology Research, 2020 Zinc is an essential element for humans, and its deficiency was documented in 1963. Nutritional zinc deficiency is now known to affect over two billion subjects in the developing world.
Ananda S. Prasad
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Zinc containing dental fixative causing copper deficiency myelopathy [PDF]
, 2017 A 62-year-old male, previously well, was referred to neurology clinic following 6 months history of worsening lower limbs instability, paraesthesia, pain and weakness rendering him housebound.
Abdul-Rahim, Azmil H. +2 more
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Behavioral impairments in animal models for zinc deficiency
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2015 Apart from teratogenic and pathological effects of zinc deficiency such as the occurrence of skin lesions, anorexia, growth retardation, depressed wound healing, altered immune function, impaired night vision, and alterations in taste and smell acuity ...
Simone eHagmeyer +2 more
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The relationship between zinc intake and growth in children aged 1-8 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: It is estimated that zinc deficiency affects 17% of the world's population, and because of periods of rapid growth children are at an increased risk of deficiency, which may lead to stunting.
Dykes, Fiona Clare +8 more
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