Serum zinc levels in children with acute gastroenteritis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 314-317

  Ölmez, Akgün ^a   Yalçin, S Songül ^a   Yurdakök, Kadriye ^a   Coskun, Turgay ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Infancy; Turkey; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 34249079675     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02371.x     Document Type: Article

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