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Serum content of zinc and vitamin C in severely handicapped children
Y Inamo1, M Ayusawa, T Yamashita
1Department of Pediatrics, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo.
The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
As fracture is known to occur more easily in severely handicapped children (SHC), bone mineral content, serum zinc level and serum vitamin C level were determined in 65 SHC. These parameters were found to be greatly reduced in all patients. The decreases in zinc and vitamin C in the serum appeared to be associated with that in bone mineral content. Supplements of zinc and vitamin C may be important to decrease the chance of fracture due to diminished bone mineral content in SHC.