Plasma free iron: A possible cause of oedema in kwashiorkor

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-56

  Sive, A A ^a,b   Dempster, W S ^a   Malan, H ^a   Rosseau, S ^a   Heese, H D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bleomycin assay; Free ion; Kwashiorkor; Oedema

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; KWASHIORKOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031029471     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.1.54     Document Type: Article

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