Familial hyperzincaemia: A rare entity

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-109

  Selimoglu, M A ^a   Ertekin, V ^a   Yildirim, Z K ^a   Altinkaynak, S ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANOREXIA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERZINCEMIA; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC URINE LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DISORDERS OF METAL METABOLISM; GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAL METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; ZINC;

EID: 33644839597     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00684.x     Document Type: Letter

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