Maternal and cord plasma selenium levels in full term neonates

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 729-731

  Gathwala, Geeta ^a   Yadav, O P ^a   Singh, Ishwar ^b   Sangwan, Krishna ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Full term neonates; Selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTHER; NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; SELENIUM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034304063     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02723929     Document Type: Article

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