...S. Vatanavicharn; P. Pringsulka; S. Kritalugsana; P. Phuapairoj; P. Wasi The plasma zinc and copper and urinary zinc levels were determined by an atomic absorption spectrophotometer technic in 14 patients with hemoglobin (Hb) H disease, 34 patients with β -thalassemia/Hb E disease and 30 control...

... in controls (p < 0.001). The mean serum copper level in 40 untreated patients was 205.32 ± 49.44 μ g% and significantly higher than in controls (p < 0.001). The mean copper/zinc ratio in these patients was 2.75 and was found to be significantly higher than in controls (p < 0.01). Copper levels were...

...L. Ruocco; A. Baldi; N. Cecconi; A. Marini; A. Azzarà; F. Ambrogi; B. Grassi A patient with copper deficiency and renal failure was suffering from pancytopenia. Marrow examination showed cytoplasmic and nuclear vacuolizations of the erythroid and myeloid series. These abnormalities disappeared...

... adhesiveness, epinephrine-induced aggregation and platelet factor 3 availability. The microanalysis indicated significantly increased quantities of phosphorus and copper in patients’ platelets. Sodium and zinc showed a decrease in about half of the patients, whereas iron was significantly increased in at least...