Plasma and urinary selenium in Saudi Arabian patients with dilated cardiomyopathy

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-68

  Raines, Dale A ^b   Kinsara, Abdulhalim J ^a   Fawzy, Mohammed Eid ^a   Vasudevan, Sivanandam ^a   Mohamed, Gamal E ^a   Legayada, Erlinda S ^b   Al Rawithi, Sameer ^b   El Yazigi, Adnan ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Fluorescence; Plasma; Saudi Arabia; Selenium; Urine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0032971568     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02783915     Document Type: Article

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