Concentration of Zinc, Copper, Selenium, Manganese, and Cu/Zn Ratio in Hair of Children and Adolescents with Myopia

The aim of this work was to determine the concentration of trace elements, zinc, copper, selenium, manganese, and Cu/Zn ratio, in scalp hair samples of children and adolescents with myopia. The study included 92 children (mean age 14.5 ± 2.5 years) with myopia and 43 healthy persons (mean age 11.8 ±...

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Main Authors: Monika Fedor, Beata Urban, Katarzyna Socha, Jolanta Soroczyńska, Małgorzata Krętowska, Maria Halina Borawska, Alina Bakunowicz-Łazarczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Ophthalmology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5643848