title: Zinc and copper in the serum of diabetic patients.
abstract: The Zn/Cu ratio was examined in the serum of three groups of persons: healthy volunteers, diabetic patients on diabetic diet (NIDDM), and diabetic patients on diabetic diet and insulin (IDDM). Zinc, copper, the Zn/Cu serum ratio, and the blood glucose level were determined during fasting and 2 h after breakfast. Zn and Cu serum levels in NIDDM and IDDM patients were decreased. The Zn/Cu ratio was higher in both groups of diabetic patients. These changes in the Zn and Cu levels as well as in the Zn/Cu ratio were not related to chronic diabetic complications.
authors.affiliation: Vuk Vrhovac Institute for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Car
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Car
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granić
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Skrabalo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Momcilović
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood*; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc