title: [Serum zinc levels in various mental disorders].
abstract: The zinc levels were measured in the blood serum of healthy subjects, mental patients without dementia, patients which had committed an attempt of suicide (a model of stress state), patients with multiinfarction dementia and Alzheimer type dementia. Low Zn levels were detected in the latter three groups, especially in demented patients. The role of Zn in stress and in etiopathogenesis of different types of dementia are discussed along with the possibility of its therapeutic application.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gronek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kolomaznik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood* / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Urove'n tsinka v syvorotke krovi pri nekotorykh psikhicheskikh rasstroĭstvakh.