Therapeutic Uses of Trace Elements / Edition 1

by Jean Nève, Philippe Chappuis, Michel Lamand

Overview

Organized by the French Speaking Society for Study and Research on Essential Trace Elements (SFERETE), the Fifth International Congress on Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology "Therapeutic Uses of Trace Elements" was held February 4-7. 1996, in Meribel (Savoy, France). This resort is situated in the heart of the Three Valleys domain, at the gate­ way of the beautiful Vanoise National Park. More than 250 participants covering six conti­ nents attended the meeting. This volume contains the text of plenary lectures and of several oral and poster communications. Trace element deficiencies are not only encountered in developing countries or during malnutrition. Subclinical features are also observed in developed societies where they consti­ tute a background for an impressive number of pathological states. Preventive and curative treatments with commercial products are often prescribed without reliable studies about their clinical interest or potential efficiency. By contrast empirical approaches such as the catalytic therapy, nutritional and pharmacological aspects of trace elements were emphasized on a sci­ entific basis to favor their rational therapeutic use.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306454851
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/31/1996
Series:	Software Science and Engineering
Edition description:	1996
Pages:	451
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Neve, Jean (Free Univ of Brussels); Chappuis, Philippe (Lariboisiere Hospital); Lamand, Michel (National Institute for Agronomic Research, Theix)

The contributors represent the specialties of biochemistry, nutrition biology, veterinary science, and pharmacy. Most are from universities, academic medical centers, hospitals, and research institutes in nineteen countries, including France, the U.S., Spain, and Italy. Institutions prominently represented include Hopital Michallor, Murcia Univ, Univ of Verona, Univ of Padova, and National Cancer Institute.

Table of Contents

Essential Role, Forms and Conditions of Administration of Trace Elements. Risk Assessment for Essential Trace Elements in Humans; W. Mertz. Trace Element Supplementation at Different Periods of Age. Essential Trace Elements in the Nutrition of Infants; B. Bratter. Trace Elements in Relation with Inflammatory Conditions and Infections and in Digestive Diseases. Copper and Zinc in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Inflammatory Disorders; R. Milanino, et al. Trace Elements in Endocrinology and Nutrition. Type II Diabetes and Chromium; R.A. Anderson, et al. Pharmacological Applications of Trace Elements. Pharmacological Uses of Zinca and Other Trace Elements in Dermatology; M.T. Leccia. Trace Eleents, Teeth, Bone Physiology and Bone Diseases. Trace Elements and Bone Metabolism; A. Peretz. Status, Epidemiology of Trace Elements and Intervention Studies. Degree, Clinical Consequences and Eradication of Iodine Deficiency in Europe; F. Delange. Genetic Disorders of Copper Metabolism. The Copper-Transporting ATPases Defective in Menkes Disease and Wilson Disease; D. Cox. 66 Additional Articles. Index.

Editorial Reviews

The 76 papers explore how deficiencies in trace elements underlie pathological conditions not only in non-industrialized countries and cases of malnutrition, but also, often at a subclinical level, in well-fed beneficiaries of industry and commerce; and how such deficiencies can be corrected by diet or drugs. Among the topics are essential forms and conditions of administering trace elements, supplementation at different ages, inflammatory conditions, infections, digestive diseases, endocrinology and nutrition, pharmacological applications, teeth and bone physiology and diseases, epidemiology and intervention studies, and genetic disorders of copper metabolism. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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