title: [Zinc in patients with ascites].
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.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gil Extremera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maldonado Martín
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz Martínez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bermúdez García
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Muñoz Torres
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Maldonado Martín
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Cinc en pacientes con ascitis.