Copper deficiency and sideroblastic anem
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Sheryl R. Simon; Richard F. Branda; Barbara H. Tindle; Dr. Stanley L. Burns
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Article
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1988
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Anemia and neutropenia developed in a man who took pharmacologic doses of supplemental zinc. Laboratory investigation showed high zinc level, hypocupremia, low ceruloplasmin level, and ringed sideroblasts. All resolved after withdrawal of zinc. Self-administered zinc appears to have caused severe co