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Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 1989; 2(3): 226-229
Trace Metals in Treatment of Psoriasis Naci M. Bor, Ayvaz Karabýyýkoglu, Hasan Dereagzý From Hacettepe University Medical and Surgical Research Center, Ankara, Turkiye. Psoriasis in an ancient disease etiology and treatment of which is still not sufficiently known. We therefore tried oral zinc in a series of patients, a demonstrative example of which is presented here: A 14 year old girl complaining of recurring lesions of psoriasis since four years was treated with oral zinc. Complete cure followed. The clinical and laboratory data are presented. It appears that oral zinc administration has a place in treatment of psoriasis. Keywords: Psoriasis, serum zinc, serum copper, metalloenzymes. Naci M. Bor, Ayvaz Karabýyýkoglu, Hasan Dereagzý. Trace Metals in Treatment of Psoriasis. Med J Islamic World Acad Sci. 1989; 2(3): 226-229 Corresponding Author: Naci M. Bor, Türkiye	TOOLS Full Text PDF Print Download citation RIS EndNote BibTex Medlars Procite Reference Manager Share with email Share Send email to author Similar articles PubMed Google Scholar