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ArticleIndian journal of pediatrics2020

Trace Element Status in Children with Infantile Tremor Syndrome: An Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Based Study.

Deepak Trinity Francis, Savita Verma, Prateek Bhatia, Pankaj C Vaidya, Naveen Sankhyan

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Article in Indian journal of pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Deepak Trinity FrancisDepartment of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Savita VermaDepartment of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Prateek BhatiaPediatric Hematology and Oncology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Pankaj C VaidyaDepartment of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Naveen SankhyanPediatric Neurology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. drnsankhyan@yahoo.co.in.ORCID 0000-0003-4929-1163
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Abstract

The primary objective of the study was to compare the trace element status in children with infantile tremor syndrome (ITS) with healthy controls. Blood counts, serum vitamin B12, plasma homocysteine, plasma ferritin and trace elements - magnesium, zinc and selenium were compared. Twenty-six children (11 with tremors, 14 boys, mean age 11.5 ± 3.5 mo) and 19 controls were enrolled for this study. Low vitamin B12 levels (67% vs. 5%) and elevated plasma homocysteine 96% vs. 26%) was significantly more (P < 0.001) in cases. Eight controls had hypoferritinemia, while none with ITS had it (p < 0.001). None of the children in either group had low serum levels of zinc or magnesium. Low levels of selenium were seen in six cases and five controls. This study did not show any association between the studied nutrients/ trace elements and ITS while, it showed a strong association of ITS with vitamin B12 deficiency supporting that it is a Neurocutaneous Infantile B-12 deficiency (NIB) syndrome.

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AdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFerritinsHomocysteineHumansIndiaMagnesiumMaleMass SpectrometryPlasmaSeleniumTrace ElementsTremorVitamin B 12FerritinsHomocysteineMagnesiumSeleniumTrace ElementsVitamin B 12ZincCobalaminMalnutritionMicronutrientsMovement disorderNutritional deficiencyTropical disease

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