The relationship between serum selenium levels and frequent wheeze in children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 308-312

  Kocabaş, Can Naci ^a   Adalioǧlu, Gönül ^a   Coşkun, Turgay ^a   Tuncer, Ayfer ^a   Şekerel, Bülent Enis ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Frequent wheeze; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TH1 CELL; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SELENIUM; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33846080544     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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