Factors associated to hypermanganesemia in patients receiving home parenteral nutrition

JM Reimund, JL Dietemann, JM Warter, R Baumann… - Clinical Nutrition, 2000 - Elsevier
Background: Home parenteral nutrition (HPN) patients often present hypermanganesamia.
Aim: To examine which factors may be associated to hypermanganesemia in HPN patients.
Methods: Plasma manganese (Mn), liver function tests, C-reactive protein concentrations,
erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6,
soluble receptors of interleukin-2, and blood neopterin concentrations were determined in
21 HPN patients and 10 healthy controls. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and …