Bioelements in hair of children with selected neurological disorders

• Authors: Jan Józefczuk , Wiktoria Kasprzycka , Rafał Czarnecki , Alfreda Graczyk , Paweł Józefczuk , Magda Krzysztof , Urszula Lampart , Ewa Mrozowska-Ząbek , Weronika Surdy , Róża Kwiatkowska-Graczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We have analyzed concentrations of magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and iron (Fe) in hair of a group of 82 children with mental retardation, in which 9 patients suffered from epilepsy, 18 from the Down's syndrome and 55 from cerebral palsy. Girls comprised little over 50% of the patients. In the group of boys with epilepsy, we found Mg, Ca, Cu and Fe deficiency, and normal level of Zn. In the group of girls with epilepsy, apart from low Fe concentration, a high level of Ca, Mg, Zn, and Cu was noted. For girls with the Down's syndrome, a high or normal level of Ca, Mg, Zn and Cu was found, whereas the Fe concentration varied and presented itself in a non-characteristic way. Both groups of children with cerebral palsy, i.e. boys and girls, displayed low Fe concentration in their hair; low Cu level was found in older patients as well. In this group of patients, we also noted high concentrations of Ca, Mg and Zn in girls and normal in boys. A high concentration of Ca in girls with cerebral palsy requires separate analysis. The obtained results could be useful as guidance in the direction and determination of the amount of possible patient nutritional supplementation.

Keywords

EN

bioelements; epilepsy; Down's syndrome; cerebral palsy; hair; children

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 279-285

Dates

published

2017

received

2016-06-24

revised

2017-01-26

accepted

2017-02-01

(unknown)

2017-06-14

Contributors

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Jan Józefczuk

• Paediatric Ward with the Paediatric Cardiology Unit - Specialist Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Sandomierz, Sandomierz, Poland

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Wiktoria Kasprzycka

• Department of Biochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy, Institute of Optoelectronics - Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

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Rafał Czarnecki

• Paediatric Ward with the Paediatric Cardiology Unit - Specialist Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Sandomierz, Sandomierz, Poland

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Alfreda Graczyk

• Department of Biochemistry and Optical Spectroscopy, Institute of Optoelectronics - Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

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Paweł Józefczuk

• Foundation for Protection of the Immunological System "Immuno", Warsaw, Poland

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Magda Krzysztof

• Marian Smoluchowski's Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

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Urszula Lampart

• Paediatric Ward with the Paediatric Cardiology Unit - Specialist Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Sandomierz, Sandomierz, Poland

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Ewa Mrozowska-Ząbek

• Paediatric Ward with the Paediatric Cardiology Unit - Specialist Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Sandomierz, Sandomierz, Poland

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Weronika Surdy

• Paediatric Ward with the Paediatric Cardiology Unit - Specialist Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Sandomierz, Sandomierz, Poland

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Róża Kwiatkowska-Graczyk

• Paediatric Ward with the Paediatric Cardiology Unit - Specialist Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Sandomierz, Sandomierz, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18388/abp.2016_1380