Correction of hypozincemia following liver transplantation in children is associated with reduced urinary zinc loss

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 830-833

  Narkewicz, Michael R ^a,c   Krebs, Nancy ^a   Karrer, Frederick ^b   Urban Eller, Kathy ^b   Sokol, Ronald J ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0033020622     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290322     Document Type: Article

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