Manganese toxicity in children receiving long-term parenteral nutrition
Manganese toxicity in children receiving long-term parenteral nutrition
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(96)90735-7
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发表时间:
1996-05-04
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影响因子:
168.9
通讯作者:
Milla, PJ
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作者:
Fell, JME;Reynolds, AP;Milla, PJ
Background In patients receiving long-term parenteral nutrition (PN), cholestatic disease acid nervous system disorders have been associated with high blood concentrations of manganese. In such patients, the normal homoeostatic mechanisms of the liver and gut ate bypassed and the requirement for this trace element is not known; nor has it been certain whether hypermanganesaemia causes the cholestasis or vice versa. We explored the direction of effect by serial tests of liver function after withdrawal of manganese supplements from children receiving long-term PN. We also examined the relation between blood manganese concentrations and brain lesions, as indicated by clinical examination and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Methods From a combined group of 57 children receiving PN we identified 11 with the combination of hypermanganesaemia and cholestasis; one also had a movement disorder. Manganese supplements were reduced in the first three and withdrawn in the remainder. MRI was done in two of these children. We also looked at manganese concentrations and MRI scans in six children who had received PN for more than 2 years without developing liver disease.Findings In the hypermanganesaemia/cholestasis group, four of the 11 patients died. In the seven survivors baseline whole-blood manganese was 615-1840 nmol/L, and after 4 months it had declined by a median of 643 nmol/L (p