Zinc Deficiency and Photoreceptor Dysfunction in Chronic Liver Disease
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Clinical Science
- Vol. 62 (1) , 109-111
- https://doi.org/10.1042/cs0620109
Abstract
In 9 patients with chronic liver disease photoreceptor function was tested by measuring the B-wave amplitude of dark adaptation by electroretinography. The leukocyte content and plasma concentration of Zn were determined. Four of the patients were leukocyte Zn-depleted and had impaired photoreceptor function, but this was normal in the 5 with normal leukocyte Zn content.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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