title: [Blood zinc levels in patients with dermatologic and neurologic disorders].
abstract: Plasma zinc levels in patients of both sexes suffering from an heterogeneous group of dermopathies were examined and compared with those in patients suffering from psychiatric-neurologic pathologies, in which recent literature has also suggested the role of low zinc levels. The results of the study show a prevalence of effective zinc deficiency in 9.2% of dermatologic patients and 3.9% of neurologic patients, as well as low plasma zinc levels with a different mean, mode and s.d. in comparison to other patients in the control group. These results were statistically significant. The findings are discussed and compared with those reported in the literature.
authors: Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli Studi di Siena.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Murdaca
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Sciarra
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Orsi
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Vanni
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency*
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Valori di zinchemia in pazienti dermatologici e neurologici.