Catalog
Chromium deficiency
Link to WHO Definition
Chromium deficiency – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2006854546
Deficiency in humans is only described in long-term total parenteral nutrition patients receiving insufficient chromium. Hyperglycaemia or impaired glucose tolerance occurs. Elevated plasma free fatty acid concentrations, neuropathy, encephalopathy, and abnormalities in nitrogen metabolism are also reported.