Serum copper and zinc concentrations and their relation to superoxide dismutase in severe malnutrition

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 742-744

  Thakur, Savitri ^a   Gupta, Neelam ^a   Kakkar, Poonam ^b  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Copper; Epidemiological correlates of protein energy malnutrition; Protein energy malnutrition; Superoxide dismutase; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INDIA; INFANT; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

EID: 11244353443     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-004-1517-7     Document Type: Article

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