Use of the copper/zinc ratio in the diag
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M. DΓez; F. J. CerdΓ ; M. Arroyo; J. L. Balibrea
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Article
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1989
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Serum zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and the Cu/Zn ratio were evaluated in 84 patients with pulmonary lesions before surgery and in 100 healthy normal controls. There were 20 patients with benign and 64 with malignant lung tumors. Only the mean (kSD) Cu/Zn ratio was significantly higher in malignant tumors