Zinc metabolism in rheumatoid arthritis: Plasma and urinary zinc and relationship to disease activity

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 643-646

  Naveh, Yehezkel ^a,b,c   Schapira, Daniel ^a   Ravel, Yael ^a,b   Geller, Esther ^a,b   Scharf, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*

^c RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Rheumatoid arthritis; Zinc; Zinc absorption; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 0030899210     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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