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Comparative Study
. 1989 Dec;6(12):624-8.

[Zinc in patients with ascites]

[Article in Spanish]
B Gil Extremera, A Maldonado Martín, M Ruiz Martínez, J M Bermúdez García, F Muñoz Torres, I Maldonado Martín
  • PMID: 2562368
Comparative Study

[Zinc in patients with ascites]

[Article in Spanish]
B Gil Extremera et al. An Med Interna. 1989 Dec.

Abstract

The concentrations of zinc (Zn) in blood and ascitic fluid (AF) in 48 patients with ascites (alcoholic liver cirrhosis: 32; liver carcinoma associated to cirrhosis: 7; different malignant neoplasias: 9). In addition, total protein, albumin and alpha 2-globulin as well as zinc, were determined in ascitic fluid. There was a decrease of zinc levels in serum, total protein, albumin and alpha 2-globulin in ascitic fluid of cirrhotic patients compared to neoplastic patients. The zinc concentration in ascitic fluid was related to the concentration of total protein, albumin, alpha 2-globulin. There is a parallel correlation between seric zinc and AF zinc.

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