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Effect of oral zinc regimens on human hepatic copper content: a randomized intervention study

Zinc inhibits intestinal copper uptake, an effect utilized for treating Wilson’s disease (WD). We used copper-64 ((64)Cu) PET/CT to examine how much four weeks of treatment with different zinc regimens reduced the hepatic (64)Cu content after oral (64)Cu administration and test if alternative regime...

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Autores principales: Munk, Ditte Emilie, Lund Laursen, Tea, Teicher Kirk, Frederik, Vilstrup, Hendrik, Ala, Aftab, Gormsen, Lars Christian, Ott, Peter, Damgaard Sandahl, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9424214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36038585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18872-8