Antioxidant status in children with protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) living in Cairo, Egypt

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 669-673

  Ashour, M N ^a   Salem, S I ^b   El Gadban, H M ^b   Elwan, N M ^b   Basu, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Glutathione peroxidase; Protein energy malnutrition (PEM); Retinol; Retinol binding protein; Superoxide dismutase; Trace elements; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; KWASHIORKOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARASMUS; MINERAL BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032818927     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600830     Document Type: Article

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