Essential Trace Elements in Gastroenterology and Clinical Medicine

Part 1 Pathophysiology of trace elements: clinical features of trace element deficiency, J.C. King; basic physical principles in atomic and nuclear techniques for trace elements determination in medicine, A. Galassini et al; dietary requirement and intake of trace elements, M. Abdulla et al; pathophysiology and assessment of trace element absorption, R.J. Cousins; predictive element interaction in whole blood and prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders, F. Boyson; trace elements and immunity with special reference to zinc, C. Franceschi and F. Licastro. Part 2 Trace elements in gastrointestinal and liver diseases: trace minerals and alcoholism, C.J. McClain et al; serum selenium levels in patients on long-term total parenteral nutrition (TPN), M.C. Gouttebel; essential trace elements in total parenteral nutrition, L. Pironi; selenium status of gastrointestinal patients receiving long-term parenteral nutrition, L. Galletelli et al; trace elements and diseases of the liver, M.E. Elmes et al; copper and liver diseases in Bedlington and Skye terriers, S. Haywood et al; does copper biliary excretion change during zinc therapy in Wilson's disease?, L. Rossaro; zinc treatment in Wilson's disease - a seven-year-old's experience, G.C. Sturniolo et al; blood level changes of lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), selenium (Se), zinc (Zn) in alcoholics during abstinence - relationship to liver disease and use of disulfiram, P. Pujatti et al; zinc and copper metabolism in pancreatic diseases, G.C. Sturniolo et al; effect of citric acid and picolinic acid on zinc absorption in chronic pancreatitis, L. Rossetto et al; trace element status in patients with chronic diarrheal diseases, G. Saner and H. Saner; zinc and endocrine thymic function in patients with Crohn's disease, C. Brignola; selenium and cancer, R.F. Burk; cancerous organ trace element (Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu) content, B. Saint Aubert et al; trace elements (Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn) in colorectal cancer tissue and hepatic metastasis from colorectal primaries, B. Saint Aubert et al. Part 3 Trace elements in health and non-GI diseases: a different approach to hair analysis - application to multiple sclerosis, S.N. Muddukrishna et al; urinary excretion of chromium and plasma glucose levels in healthy subjects, F. Gobba and A. Cavalleri; blood level changes of zinc and copper during physical exercise above anaerobic threshold (OBLA), E. Scalco et al; the influence of a copper diet on the syngenetic lymphocyte induced angiogenesis (SLIA), A.G. Fuchs et al; thiocyanate - a goitrogenic agent, determination in human body fluids and green vegetables, D. Lathia et al; effects of excess of copper on three different mammary adenocarcinomas, A.G. Fuchs and E.S. de Lustig. Part 4 Future perspectives: future therapeutic perspectives involving trace elements, G.J. Brewer.