Serum zinc, copper levels, and copper/zinc ratios in infants with sepsis syndrome

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-270

  Saner, Günay ^a,b   Baysal, Serpil Uǧur ^a   Ünüvar, Emin ^a   Özden, Tülin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Çocuk Sagligi Enstit   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infection; Prognostic indicators; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

COPPER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033943446     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-670X(2000)13:3<265::AID-JTRA3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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