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Plasmic levels of trace elements and immune functions in the healthy elderly.
Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease - 1 Dec 1993
Licastro F, Morini M C, Chiricolo M, Conte R, Belletti D, Mancini R, Beltrandi E, Casadei-Maldini M, Carpenè E
Abstract excerpt
Healthy elderly persons were selected according to an admission protocol which included clinical, hematological and biochemical parameters. Plasmic levels of zinc in these subjects were in the normal range, while plasmic copper was higher than that of young controls. The number of circulating lymphocytes and CD3+ cells was decreased; however, the absolute number of CD4+, CD8b, CD8d, CD20+ and CD57+ cells did not...
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