...Ulker Doğru; Ayten Arcasoy; Ayhan O. Çavdar The zinc levels of plasma, erythrocytes, hair and urine were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer technique in 20 homozygous β -thalassemic and 20 control children. Plasma, erythrocyte and hair zinc levels in the diseased children were found...

...S. Gözdaşoğlu; A.O. Çavdar; A. Arcasoy; N. Akar 40 patients, 15 females and 25 males, with biopsy-proven non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma within the age range of 2–16 years were included in this study. The mean serum zinc level in 38 untreated patients was 78.95 ± 18.80 μ g% and significantly lower than...

...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...

... 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...

...F. Rea; L. Perrone; A. Mastrobuono; G. Toscano; M. D’Amico The concentration of zinc in serum, hair and urine has been examined in 92 homozygous β -thalassemic and 81 control subjects. The results were not statistically different in the subjects of each group studied (thalassemic and control...

...Rita Consolini; Angelica Calleri; Annalisa Legitimo; Francesco Massei Abnormalities in the immune system and zinc homeostasis in patients with β-thalassemia major (TM) have been reported. Since zinc ion is essential for the efficiency of the immune system and is required to induce biological...