Trace Elements in Clinical Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Raulin Award Lecture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Discovery of Human Zinc Deficiency and Marginal Deficiency of Zinc

      • Ananda S. Prasad

      Pages 3-11

3. Neural Disorders

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Zinc in Taste and Smell Disorders

      • Hiroshi Tomita

      Pages 15-37

   3. Brain Aging and Trace Elements in Human: Clues into the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease

      • G. Chazot, E. Broussolle

      Pages 39-46

   4. Zinc in Brain Development and Function

      • Ivor E. Dreosti

      Pages 47-52

   5. Zinc Binding Peptides from Rat Brain

      • Edward J. Kasarskis, Thomas C. Vanaman

      Pages 53-56

   6. Role of Zinc in the Peripheral Nervous System

      • Boyd L. O’Dell

      Pages 57-62

4. Cardiovascular Disorders

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Experimental and Epidemiological Studies on the Relation of Trace Elements in the Pathogenesis and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases

      • Yukio Yamori, Yasuo Nara, Ryoichi Horie, Fuji Morii, Taichiro Nishima, Hiroko Nomiyama et al.

      Pages 65-75

5. Hepatic and Gastrointestinal Disorders

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. Alcohol, Trace Elements, and Liver Dysfunction

      • J. Aaseth, J. Ringstad, H. Bell, Y. Thomassen

      Pages 79-83

   3. Regional Variations of Eight Trace Elements in Normal Human Liver

      • Mohamed Molokhia, Anat Molokhia

      Pages 85-88

   4. The Role of Copper and Zinc as Pathogenic Factors in Liver Disease

      • A. Sawa, K. Okita

      Pages 89-92

   5. Zinc and Gastrointestinal Diseases

      • Craig J. McClain, Luis Marsano

      Pages 93-97

   6. Pathophysiological Significance of an Oral Zinc Tolerance Test in Patients with Chronic Hepatic Diseases

      • Yasuyuki Arakawa, Kazutomo Suzuki, Keiko Suzuki, Naohide Tanaka, Yutaka Matsuo, Shigeo Takeuchi

      Pages 99-108

   7. Zinc Absorption in Normal Subjects and in Gastrointestinal Diseases

      • G. C. Sturniolo, M. C. Montino, L. Rossetto, R. D’Incà, A. Martin, A. D’Odorico et al.

      Pages 109-112

   8. The Relationship Between Plasma Iron Tolerance Curves and Fractional Intestinal Absorption of Iron

      • Ch. Hansen, E. Werner, P. Roth, J. P. Kaltwasser

      Pages 113-116

   9. Regulators of Iron Absorption in the Small Intestine

      • Marcel E. Conrad, Jay N. Umbreit, Raymond D. A. Peterson, Elizabeth G. Moore

      Pages 117-121

The Second Meeting of the International Society for Trace Element Research in Humans (ISTERH) was held in Tokyo from August 28 through September 1,1989. On August 27, the day preceding the opening of the meeting, a typhoon made a direct attack on Tokyo, welcoming guests from all over the world in a rather violent way. To our great relief, the weather during the week of the meeting turned out to be exceptionally agreeable for that time of year in Tokyo. We were also pleased to see the entire scheduled course of the meeting, including the social activities, carried out smoothly and the contents of the program favorably appraised. The meeting was attended by 518 scientists from 30 countries. Recent unrest following steps toward democratization in the Communist bloc gave rise to some apprehension; therefore, we were particularly pleased to see attendants from China, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union. No one could possibly have predicted the drastic change in Eastern Europe that followed, but again, we were relieved to learn (by a subsequent letter) of the safety of an attendant from Rumania, who had been our greatest concern. A total of 384 papers were contributed to the meeting. The abstracts for all have been published in the Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine, vol 2, No. 2/3 (1989). This proceedings carries 64 subjects introduced in the Special Session.

• Alzheimer´s disease
• Hormone
• alcohol
• biochemistry
• cardiovascular disease
• kinetics
• metabolism
• nutrition
• protein
• research
• surgery
• synthesis
• toxicity
• toxicology
• transcription

• Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Ohyaguchi, Itabashi-ku Tokyo, Japan

  Hiroshi Tomita

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