The trace elements — copper, manganese, selenium, and zinc — act as cofactors of antioxidant
enzymes to protect the body from oxygen free radicals (OFR) that are produced during …

Objective: To update some essential trace metals required in total parenteral nutrition.
Conclusion: Essential trace metals, chromium, copper, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and …

A severely obese man achieved rapid and significant weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric
bypass. Thirteen years later Wernicke’s encephalopathy developed as a result of the patient’s …

To purify cytoplasmic and mitochondrial isoenzymes of aspartate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.1)
from human liver. We used heat treatment, ammonium sulfate precipitation, anion- and …

Objective: To describe trace metal changes in a 74-year-old male patient with mesenteric
fibrosis and a small bowel fistula who was maintained on total parenteral nutrition in the …

Objectives: To employ an electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS) method
with chemical modifiers for the determination of silicon (Si) in serum and tissues. Methods: Si …

The physiologic effects of circulating plasma catecholamines may be responsible for the
observed clinical and pathologic findings in exercise-induced asthma. Eleven patients with …

We evaluated, retrospectively, 2921 blood samples for the distribution of blood lead values
in children below age 16, and in adult female and male subjects. An upper reference value …

Chromium (Cr), an essential micronutrient required for glucose metabolism, was found in
high concentrations in up to 94% of the patients on short-term total parenteral nutrition. …

We describe a MUMPS program to facilitate the evaluation of the diagnostic effectiveness
and efficiency of laboratory tests using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and …