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THE ROLE OF ZINC IN TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION
Author(s) -
PRINCIPI N.,
GIUNTA A.,
GERVASONI A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1979.tb04973.x
Subject(s) - medicine , parenteral nutrition , zinc , zinc deficiency (plant disorder) , albumin , gastroenterology , serum albumin , pathology , micronutrient , materials science , metallurgy
. Zinc deficiency was observed in an infant receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) for chronic untractable diarrhoea. Clinical findings included low zinc plasma levels, skin lesions and loss of all the advantages of TPN such as weight gain, serum proteins and albumin increase and normalization of intestinal mucosa. Oral administration of zinc sulphate was the decisive factor making possible both the improvement of clinical and laboratory findings and alimentation by natural route.