Zinc in plasma and whole blood from 13 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck was significantly decreased, and the copper:zinc ratio in the plastna was significantly higher than in healthy controls. The plasma zinc was significantly lower in patients who did not respond to thera
Correlation of erythrocyte and plasma levels of zinc, copper, and iron with evidence of metastatic spread in cancer patients
β Scribed by Raphael Gorodetsky; Zvi Fuks; Aaron Sulkes; Hagai Ginsburg; Zeev Weshler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 817 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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