Serum zinc and albumin levels in pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without HIV

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-204

  Ramakrishnan, Kuppamuthu ^a   Shenbagarathai, Rajaiah ^a   Kavitha, Karuppusamy ^b   Uma, Alagappa ^b   Balasubramaniam, Ramakrishnan ^c   Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah ^d  

^a LADY DOAK COLLEGE   (India)

^b MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Centre for Research in Medical Entomology ICMR   (India)

^d MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALBUMIN; BROMOCRESOL GREEN; ZINC;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTEROPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; ZINC;

EID: 45849130229     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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