No abstract available.
Asthma ; Zinc

Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare autosomal recessive disease that results from a defect in zinc metabolism. It is clinically characterized by a phenotypic triad of periorificial and acral dermatitis, diarrhea, and alopecia. Oral zinc therapy gives a rapid excellent clinical response and reduces mortality. We report three female pediatric siblings who presented with periorificial and acral dermatitis, diffuse alopecia, nail dystrophy, irritable mood, and stunted growth. A diagnosis of acrodermatitis enteropathicawas confirmed with markedly decreased levels of serum zinc. The patients were successfully treated with oral zinc sulfate at a dose of 5mg/kg/day for the first two weeks then maintained on a dose at 2mg/kg/day.
Zinc ; Blister

No abstract available.
Acrodermatitis* ; Humans ; Siblings* ; Zinc Sulfate* ; Zinc*

To study the preventive effects of zinc supplementation on malnutrition during the first months of life (5-7 months of age) in healthy Vietnamese children. Infants were divided into 2 groups: one received for 6 months a syrup containing 10mg of zinc, other group received a placebo. The results showed that, zinc level in all groups were higher than in placebo group. Zinc administration increased the growth velocity of weight and height compared with placebo, particularly in female. Growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels decreased from 26ng/mL to 25ng/mL for both groups, but increased by 10% in the zinc treated females.
Zinc ; child ; infant ; insulin

A randomized, double blind study on 968 infants aged 5-7 months in Que Vo district, Bac Ninh province was carried out for 6 months. The infants were randomly received one of four following syrups: zinc sulfate, iron sulfate, combined zinc and iron sulfate or placebo. By the end of the study, weight, WAZ and WHZ values and their changes over the study period were significantly different between zinc supplemented group and the remaining ones, the change of height was significantly different between zinc supplemented group and iron supplemented and placebo ones only, hemoglobin and serum zinc value was increased in all groups. Hemoglobin value and its changes were significantly increased in iron and iron+zinc supplemented groups in comparison with the remaining groups.
Anemia ; infant ; zinc ; iron

132 children (72 boys and 60 girls from 3 to 48 month old age) with chronic anorexia (at least 1/2 month long) were studied descriptively, comparatively and prospectively at the Centre of Children's Nutrition in HCM city from Oct. 1997 to Aug. 1998. Clinical state, health and nutritional history, paraclinical examinations (serum Zinc level by mass-spectrograph differential pulse polarography with stripping, hematology…) were noted. Results have shown that the deficiency of Zn is the main cause of anorexia, especially in malnourished children. There is statistically no significant relation between anemia and Zn deficiency, but the severity of anorexia depends on the decrease of serum zinc level.
anorexia ; child ; anemia ; zinc

No abstract available.
Cadmium Poisoning* ; Cadmium* ; Zinc*

This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between the biological lead exposure indices and air lead concentrations measured by personal air samplers. The 72 occupationally lead exposed workers were observed and the biological lead exposure indices chosen for this study were blood lead(PuB), urine lead(PbU), zinc protoporphyrin in whole blood(ZPP), gamma-aminolevulinic acid in urine(ALAU), gamma-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity(ALAD), coproporphyrin in urine(CPU) and hemoglobin(Hb). The workers were divided into four groups by air lead concentrations: Group I; under 0.05 mg/m3, Group II; 0.05-0.10 mg/m3, Group III; 0.10-0.15 mg/m3 and Group IV; and over 0.15 mg/m3. For evaluation the relationship between the biological lead exposure indices and air lead concentrations was used as correlation coefficients. The results obtained were as follows: 1. In Group I, II, III and IV, the mean value of PbB were 25.45+/-1.84 microgram/dl, 27.87+/-3.53 microgram/dl, 31.21+/-1.76 microgram/dl and 47.02+/-13.96 microgram/dl. Between Group IV and other groups showed statistically significant difference(p<0.05). 2. There was an increasing tendency of PbB, PbU, ALAU and ZPP according to the increase the mean air lead concentration, while ALAD has decreasing tendency. CPU and Hb did not show any constant tendency. 3. Correlation coefficients between PbB, PbU, ZPP, ALAU, ALAD, CPU, Hb and air lead concentration were 0.95, 0.83, 0.89, 0.72, -0.83, 0.51 and -0.45 respectively, and regression coefficient between PbB(Y) and PbA(X) was Y=126.8746X+16.9996(P<0.01).
Humans ; Occupations ; Zinc

We have performed assay for zinc on the expressed prostatic secretion in 52 consecutative patients with complaints of chronic prostatitis along with 23 controls. Among 52 patients, 29 are chronic bacterial prostatitis and 23 are chronic non-bacterial prostatitis. The result is as follows: 1. There is a significant difference(p<0.01) of the concentration of zinc in expressed prostatic secretion between the patient and the control. 2. Not remarkable difference of the concentration of zinc between the bacterial prostatitis and the non-bacterial prostatitis is elucidated.
Humans ; Prostatitis* ; Zinc*

No abstract available.
Communicable Diseases* ; Zinc*