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PubMed1989

[Correlation of changes in serum zinc with serum proteins and alkaline phosphatase in rabbits with burns].

We report herein the correlation of changes in serum zinc with serum proteins, serum alkaline phosphatase (AKP) activity and body weight in 15% TBSA I. burned rabbits. Serum zinc concentration reduced immediately from 181.4 to 112.4 micrograms/dl, then gradually increased and finally approached normal on 15 postburn day. Similar changes were found in serum AKP activity. AKP activity in the burned group was much lower than that in the control group. Total serum protein and albumin contents were significantly reduced and was not recovered to normal levels on 15 postburn day. Serum albumin/globulin decreased but without a turnover. Body weight dropped to a minimum on 9 postburn day and was recovered on 15 postburn day. These results reveal a correlation of serum zinc concentration with serum protein, suggesting that zinc is closely related to protein synthesis. We conclude that serum AKP activity could be used as a diagnostic criterion of postburn hypozincemia as well as an index to assess the effectiveness of supplemental zinc in burns.

Alkaline Phosphatase↗

PubMed1988

[Zinc and trauma].

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PubMed1985

Endoscopic diagnosis of gastric cancer: an analysis of 872 cases in China.

Endoscopic examination was performed on 15,888 selected cases between 1974 and 1981 in Hunan Province of China. Eight hundred and seventy-two cases (5.5%) of gastric cancer were suspected endoscopically. Twenty-seven of these 872 cases (3.1% of total gastric cancers) were early gastric cancers. Six hundred and seventy-one of the 872 cases were further investigated, and 661 were proved, giving a 98.5% positive rate. The authors collected a total of 92,190 endoscopic examination cases in China; 7,379 cases (8.0%) were gastric cancer, and 219 of these 7,379 were early cases (3% of all gastric cancer). The results compared with the reports from the United States, Europe, and Japan show that the incidence of gastric cancer and detection of early gastric cancer by endoscopy were much lower in China, the United States, and Europe than in Japan.

Biopsy↗