Impaired peripheral zinc metabolism in patients with senile dementia of probable Alzheimer's type as shown by low plasma concentrations of thymulin

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Licastro, Federico ^a   Davis, Lizabeth Jane ^a   Mocchegiani, Eugenio ^b   Fabris, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's dementia; plasma zinc carrier; zinc status

Indexed keywords

THYMULIN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; SENILE DEMENTIA; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0030049346     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02790147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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