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Stimulated and Unstimulated Saliva Levels of Calcium and Magnesium in Giardiasis

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Giardia lamblia causes malabsorption. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum and saliva calcium and magnesium levels in patients with giardiasis. Thirty patients with giardiasis as a case and 30 person without giardiasis as a control group were enrolled. The stimulated and unstimulated whole saliva and serum calcium and magnesium levels were assayed by Arsenazo reaction and xylidyl blue complex methods, respectively. Mean calcium and magnesium level was low in serum and stimulated saliva of case group than that of controls. However, they were higher in the unstimulated saliva of the case group. It is suggested that patients suffering from giardiasis have low calcium and magnesium levels, and they lose the most of calcium and magnesium by saliva during unstimulated condition.

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We would like to acknowledge the laboratory staff in the Bandar Abbas Center. We also thank the Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences management for giving us permission to commence this study.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Minoo Shaddel

  2. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Iraj Mirzaii-Dizgah

  3. Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran

    Khojasteh Sharifi-Sarasiabi & Zahra Kamali

  4. Taleghani Hospital, Abadan, Iran

    Mani Dastgheib

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The ethics committee of Aja University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, approved the study protocol. The purpose and procedures of the study were explained to all participants, and a written informed consent was obtained from all of them.

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The original version of this article was revised: the author name Iraj Mirzaii-Dizgah was incorrectly written as Iraj Mirzaii Dizgah and the affiliation of Khojasteh Sharifi-Sarasiabi was incorrectly written as Tropical and Infectious Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Bandar Abbas, Iran. It should have been Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

An erratum to this article is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-017-0977-3.

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Shaddel, M., Mirzaii-Dizgah, I., Sharifi-Sarasiabi, K. et al. Stimulated and Unstimulated Saliva Levels of Calcium and Magnesium in Giardiasis. Biol Trace Elem Res 179, 8–12 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-017-0943-0

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