Keeling P W, Jones R B, Hilton P J, Thompson R P
Gut. 1980 Jul;21(7):561-4. doi: 10.1136/gut.21.7.561.
The zinc content of peripheral blood leucocytes has been measured in normal controls and in three groups of patients with liver disease. A significant reduction in leucocyte zinc, but not erythrocyte zinc, was observed in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, and active chronic hepatitis. It is suggested that the nucleated tissues of some patients with liver disease are therefore zinc deficient, and that leucocyte zinc may prove of value in the assessment of the zinc status of such patients.
已对正常对照组以及三组肝病患者外周血白细胞的锌含量进行了测定。在原发性胆汁性肝硬化、酒精性肝硬化和活动性慢性肝炎患者中，观察到白细胞锌含量显著降低，但红细胞锌含量未降低。因此表明，一些肝病患者的有核组织存在锌缺乏，并且白细胞锌可能在评估此类患者的锌状态方面具有价值。
