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Administration of zinc to preterm infants with hypozincemia does not reduce serum copper concentrations in most cases: a single-center retrospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Zinc is an essential trace element involved in various physiological functions. In Japan, zinc acetate dihydrate is administered to neonates and infants with hypozincemia. Since serum copper concentrations are reduced by the administration of zinc, we retrospectively investigated changes...

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Autores principales: Ito, Toshikazu, Uenoyama, Kazuya, Kobayashi, Kazuhiro, Kakumoto, Mikio, Mizumoto, Hiroshi, Katsura, Toshiya, Onoue, Masahide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8638113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34852847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40780-021-00229-4