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SERUM ZINC CONCENTRATIONS IN GROWING PREMATURE INFANTS
Author(s) -
TYRALA EILEEN E.,
MANSER JEANNE I.,
BRODSKY NANCY L.,
TRAN NGHIA
Publication year - 1983
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.1651-2227.1983.tb09795.x
Subject(s) - medicine , zinc , pediatrics , physiology , environmental health , metallurgy , materials science
. Serial serum zinc concentrations were measured in 31 relatively well, growing premature infants during the first 26 weeks of life. Zinc concentrations declined progressively from 17.9 μmol (1.17 mg/1) at birth (normal adult value) to 8.9 μmol (0.58 mg/1) at 6 weeks of age despite a zinc intake of greater than 13.7 μmol (900 μg)/kg/day after the second week of life. The serum zinc increased after 16 weeks of age to 10.7 μmol/dl (0.7 mg/1). No infant demonstrated clinical signs of zinc deficiency. This data may serve as a reference against which serum zinc concentrations in other premature infants may be compared in order to help define the deficiency state.