Serum mineral levels in children with intestinal parasitic infection

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 258-261

  Olivares, José L ^a   Fernández, Ramona ^a   Fleta, Jesús ^a   Rodríguez, Gerardo ^a   Clavel, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Copper; Enterobius vermicularis; Giardia lamblia; Magnesium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MAGNESIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; TINIDAZOLE; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MINERAL DEFICIENCY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH MUCUS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; ENTEROBIASIS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MAGNESIUM; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINERALS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRANTEL PAMOATE; TINIDAZOLE; ZINC;

EID: 0142156598     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073344     Document Type: Article

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