Sentences with phrase «severe zinc deficiency»

While severe zinc deficiency can cause a variety of extreme symptoms, researchers estimate that a large percentage of the world's population may have a mild zinc deficiency.

Severe zinc deficiency in rats can alter brain neurotransmitter levels.

The genetic disorder, Acrodermatitis Enteropathica, is a rare but lethal condition caused by severe zinc deficiency.

This study demonstrated that even brief periods of severe zinc deficiency can lead to measureable changes in sperm composition and quantity.

Severe zinc deficiency depresses immune function [48], and even mild to moderate degrees of zinc deficiency can impair macrophage and neutrophil functions, natural killer cell activity, and complement activity [49].

Severe zinc deficiency leads to dwarfism, hypogonadism and proneness to infection.

While severe zinc deficiency is not common in the developed world, there is increasing evidence that low - level zinc deficiency may be prevalent and may affect skin, eye, hair and immune health.

Other neuropsychological symptoms have been seen in humans with severe zinc deficiency.

Severe zinc deficiency in children is common in developing countries.

The results are published in the current issue of Nature Communications and provide a roadmap for potential target sites for people suffering from acrodermitis enteropathica, a rare but lethal genetic disorder leading to severe zinc deficiency, and pancreatic cancer where ZIP4 is abnormally overexpressed.

This indicates a severe zinc deficiency.