Zinc in denture adhesive: A rare cause of copper deficiency in a patient on home parenteral nutrition

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Prasad, Rakesh ^a   Hawthorne, Barney ^b   Durai, Dharmaraj ^b   McDowell, Ian ^b  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DENTAL ADHESIVE; DENTAL MATERIAL; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; MANGANESE; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; TOOTH CEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHEILITIS; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CROHN DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; MANGANESE BLOOD LEVEL; MOUTH DISEASE; ORAL PARESTHESIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC URINE LEVEL; BLOOD; DEFICIENCY; DIET THERAPY; HOME PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARESTHESIA; URINE;

AGED; COPPER; CROHN DISEASE; DENTAL CEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, HOME; PARESTHESIA; ZINC;

EID: 84946095647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-211390     Document Type: Article

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