[Zinc in patients with ascites].
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.
Gil Extremera
B
B
Maldonado Martín
A
A
Ruiz Martínez
M
M
Bermúdez García
J M
JM
Muñoz Torres
F
F
Maldonado Martín
I
I
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*
D011506:Proteins; D015032:Zinc
Cinc en pacientes con ascitis.