Eman Shafik Shafie Mohammed  <br/><br/>
Serum levels of zinc and copper in cases of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis /  
 مستويات الزنك والنحاس فى المصل فى حالات التهاب المفاصل الصبيانى 
Eman Shafik Shafie Mohammed ; Supervised Hala Salah Eldin Talaat , Asmaa Ismael Ahmed Aly , Mohamed Farouk Mohamed 
 - Cairo :   Eman Shafik Shafie Mohammed ,   2012 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics 
<br/><br/> JRA represents a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases . It arises before 16 years of age and lasts more than 6 months . During acute inflammation serum copper concentration increases and zinc decreases . This observation led to speculation on the possible pharmacological properties of these trace elements.The aime of this study was to measure the serum level of zinc and copper in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) with different subtypes and correlate the levels of zinc and copper with the disease activity 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Copper  Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis Zinc