Diagnosis and clinical associations of zinc depletion following bone marrow transplantation

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 328-331

  Papadopoulou, A ^a,c   Nathavitharana, K ^a   Williams, M D ^b   Darbyshire, P J ^b   Booth, I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Children's Hospital Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Bone marrow transplantation; Diarrhoea; Sepsis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MARKER; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029990127     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.74.4.328     Document Type: Article

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