Verification of zinc role in pathophysiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Published in: Terapevtic̆eskii arhiv Vol. 90; no. 3; pp. 33 - 37
• Main Authors: Shevcova, V I, Zujkova, A A, Pashkov, A N, Kotova, Ju A, Shevcov, A N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) "Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 19.04.2018
• Subjects: Case-Control Studies; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Humans; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; screening diagnostics; Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Spirometry; zinc; Zinc - analysis; screening diagnostics; zinc; smoking; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Determination of the level of zinc and its fractions, as well as the enzyme neutrophilic elastase and albumin in persons suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as smoking actively and passively. The study involved 30 patients with a diagnosis of COPD and 90 healthy pers...