Cerebrospinal fluid zinc, magnesium, copper and gamma-aminobutyric acid levels in febrile seizures

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Mishra, Om Prakash ^a,b   Singhal, Deepak ^a   Upadhyay, Ram Sanmukh ^b   Prasad, Rajniti ^a   Atri, Divya ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Copper; Febrile seizures; GABA; Magnesium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; ZINC;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGISM; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 33847793655     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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