Zinc supplementation increases the level of serum insulin-like growth factor-I but does not promote growth in infants with nonorganic failure to thrive

Hormone Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 200-204

  Hershkovitz, Eli ^a,b   Printzman, Ludmilla ^a   Segev, Yael ^a   Levy, Jacov ^a   Phillip, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Failure to thrive; Growth; Insulin like growth factor binding protein 3; Insulin like growth factor I; Randomized controlled study; Zinc

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033502916     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023461     Document Type: Article

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