Fatal copper deficiency from excessive use of zinc-based denture adhesive

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-168

  Afrin, Lawrence B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper deficiency; Denture adhesive; Myelodysplasia; Sensorimotor neuropathy; Zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CERULOPLASMIN; COBALAMIN; COPPER; PYRIDOXINE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; THIAMINE; ZINC; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ATAXIA; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONSTIPATION; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; COUGHING; DENTURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOPENIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; SENSORIMOTOR POLYNEUROPATHY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WHEELCHAIR; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADHESIVES; COPPER; DENTURE RETENTION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77956032499     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181e3648c     Document Type: Article

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