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Zinc and copper in the serum of diabetic patients

  • Part 2: Trace elements in endocrinology
  • Section 3: Diabetes and Glucose Tolerance
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The Zn/Cu ratio was examined in the serum of three groups of persons: healthy volunteers, diabetic patients on diabetic diet (NIDDM), and diabetic patients on diabetic diet and insulin (IDDM). Zinc, copper, the Zn/Cu serum ratio, and the blood glucose level were determined during fasting and 2 h after breakfast. Zn and Cu serum levels in NIDDM and IDDM patients were decreased. The Zn/Cu ratio was higher in both groups of diabetic patients. These changes in the Zn and Cu levels as well as in the Zn/Cu ratio were not related to chronic diabetic complications.

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  1. Vuk Vrhovac Institute for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 41000, Zagreb, Yugoslavia

    Nikica Car, A. Car, M. Granić, Z. Škrabalo & B. Momčilović

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Car, N., Car, A., Granić, M. et al. Zinc and copper in the serum of diabetic patients. Biol Trace Elem Res 32, 325–329 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02784618

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