The value of serum zinc, copper, ceruloplasmin levels in patients with gastrointestinal tract cancers

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-84

  Boz, Alper ^a,b   Evliyaoǧlu, Osman ^a   Yildirim, Mehmet ^a   Erkan, Nazif ^a   Karaca, Baysal ^a  

^a SSK Izmir Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancers; Ceruloplasmin; Copper; Gastrointestinal system; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIMETRY; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METAL METABOLISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CALORIMETRY; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ZINC;

EID: 22544468877     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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