Iron, copper, and zinc in children from Tanzania afflicted with protein-calorie malnutrition] |
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Authors: | G P Donzelli C Vecchi G Poggini P Galvan R Frusconi |
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Abstract: | Atomic absorption spectrophotometry was employed in an evaluation of zinc, copper and iron as trace elements in serum and erythrocytes from 56 children with protein-calorie malnutrition at different stages (early kwashiorkor, kwashiorkor and marasma). Iron and zinc concentrations showed a decreasing pattern through the various stages of the P.C.M. Significant changes are present in zinc values. The role of these trace elements in the P.C.M. is shortly discussed. |
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