Ocena zawartości cynku i miedzi we włosach dzieci z różną manifestacją kliniczną alergii pokarmowej

© Borgis - Nowa Pediatria 1/2004, s. 13-17

Janina Piotrowska-Jastrzębska¹, Maria Jolanta Piotrowska-Depta¹, Maria Borawska², Maciej Kaczmarski³, Renata Markiewicz², Katarzyna Hukałowicz²

Streszczenie
The aim of the study is to denote the content of the chosen trace elements (Zn, Cu) in hair of children with food allergy at its acute stage.
The research covers the group of 42 children aged from 2 month to three years; mean age – 15 months. According to the type of clinical manifestation of the illness, the children were divided into three subgroups, I – where the skin manifestation dominated (24), II – with the prevailing digestive manifestation (12), and III – with the predominance of respiratory system manifestation (6). The control group consisted of 31 healthy children of the same age. The content of trace elements in the hair of children was denoted with the usage of atomic absorption spectrophotometry method.
The results of the research – it was proved that the average content of zinc in the hair of 42 tested children was 118.56 mg/g, (in the subgroup III was lowest) as compared to the control group – 128.8 mg/g.
The average content of copper in the hair children with food allergy was 14.62 mg/g. The average content of copper in the hair of control group was 9.65 mg/g.
Conclusions: The content of copper in the hair of children with allergy was higher and zinc was lower with reference to the control group.

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