title: [The zinc concentration of the blood serum in women with ovarian tumors (preliminary report)].
abstract: The aim of the study is to determine the concentration of blood serum zinc of women with ovarian tumors. The patients included in the study are as follows: 15 women with benign ovarian cysts, 5 with endometrial cysts and 5 with ovarian carcinoma. The control group consists of 157 healthy women whose serum zinc concentration was 13.50 +/- 2.60 mmol/L. We could not demonstrate a significant difference in serum zinc concentration of different groups: benign cysts, endometrial cysts and ovarian carcinoma in comparison control group.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marinov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsachev
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Doganov
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dzherov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Markova
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Atanasova
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shtereva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000097:blood*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000097:blood; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D015032:Zinc