ZINC ABNORMALITIES IN FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE
- 1 February 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 15 (1) , 7-9
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1985.tb02721.x
Abstract
:Zinc is an important trace metal and, in liver disease, abnormal zinc metabolism has been reported. In this study of patients with fulminant hepatic failure progressing to grade IV encephalopathy, plasma zinc concentrations fell during the illness to reach levels significantly below normal; during this time urinary zinc excretion was markedly elevated.Keywords
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