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[The trace element status in patients with chronic hepatic diseases]
Abstract:
Despite of the achievements of pharmacology it is very actually to improve the diagnosis and therapy of different chronic hepatic diseases. The purpose of the investigation is to study trace element (TE) status in patients with chronic hepatic diseases for estimating the possibility of therapy efficiency improvement. 102 patients with chronic hepatic diseases, aged from 19 to 60 were clinically and laboratory investigated. Group 1 (36 patients) suffered from alcoholic liver cirrhosis, group 2 (35 patients) had chronic alcoholic steatohepatitis and group 3 (31 patients) had non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Multielement blood plasma analysis by ICP-MS and ICP-OES was perfomed in the Center of Biotic Medicine (Moscow). The results showed the significant changes in TE status in patients with chronic hepatic diseases that proves the expediency of studying both the essential and toxic element in such patients to improve the diagnosis and to optimize the treatment. Patients with chronic hepatic diseases are characterized by changing of such elements as Al, Ca, Cu, K, Se, Zn, that leads to necessity of using them for diagnosis.
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