Hypozincaemia in febrile convulsion

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 498-501

  Burhanoǧlu, Mengü ^a   Tütüncüoǧlu, Sarenur ^a   Çoker, Canan ^a   Tekgül, Hasan ^a   Özgür, Tugrul ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Febrile convulsion; NMDA receptor; Pathogenesis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 0029891849     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01955189     Document Type: Article

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