Abstract
INAMO, Y., AYUSAWA, M., YAMASHITA, T., SASAKI, T., TAKEUCHI, S. and OKUNI, M. Serum Content of Zinc and Vitamin C in Severely Handicapped Children. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 1989, 158 (4), 301-307-As fracture is known to occur more easily in severely handicapped children (SHC), bone mineral content, serum zinc level and serum vitamin C level were determined in 65 SHC. These parameters were found to be greatly reduced in all patients. The decreases in zinc and vitamin C in the serum appeared to be associated with that in bone mineral content. Supplements of zinc and vitamin C may be important to decrease the chance of fracture due to diminished bone mineral content in SHC.
