Zinc see also Part III, Chapter

Zinc deficiency in humans is widespread throughout the world, though it is more prevalent in areas where the population subsists on cereal proteins. Conditioned Zn deficiency is seen in many disease states. Its deficiency during growth periods results 

Few reports exist relating to hyperzince-mia. Smith etal. (1976) and Smith (1977) were the first to describe an extremely high zinc concentration in plasma in five out of seven members of one family, and in two out of three second-generation individuals with no apparent clinical symptoms or abnormalities. Another three cases of chronic hyperzincemia in three brothers has been described by Failla etal. (1982). Zimmerman (1984) found increased zinc content in umbilical cord serum in eight of nine anencephalics and in three infants with spina bifida. Increased zinc levels 

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Axelsen kb and Palmgren MG (1998) Evolution of substrate specifities in the P-ATPase supetfamUy. J Mol Evol 46 84-101. 

Biempica L, Raugh H, Quintana N and Stern-LiEB I (1988) Morphological and chemical studies on a murine mutation (toxic milk) resultingin hepatic copper toxicosis. Lab Invest 59 500- 508. 

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