Zinc-induced copper deficiency: A report of three cases initially recognized on bone marrow examination

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Willis, Monte S ^a   Monaghan, Sara A ^a   Miller, Michael L ^a   McKenna, Robert W ^a   Perkins, Wiley D ^a   Levinson, Barry S ^a   Bhushan, Vikas ^a   Kroft, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper deficiency; Cytoplasmic vacuoles; Ringed sideroblasts; Sideroblastic anemia; Zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; ZINC;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CYTOPLASM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTROPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA;

EID: 11244346808     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/V6GVYW2QTYD5C5PJ     Document Type: Article

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