TY - BOOK AU - Eman Shafik Shafie Mohammed AU - Asmaa Ismael Ahmed Aly , AU - Hala Salah Eldin Talaat , AU - Mohamed Farouk Mohamed , TI - Serum levels of zinc and copper in cases of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Eman Shafik Shafie Mohammed , KW - Copper KW - Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis KW - Zinc N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -