Serum zinc level in children with febrile seizure

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 477-480

  Mahyar, A ^a   Pahlavan, A A ^a   Varasteh Nejad, A ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Febrile seizures; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 62549146642     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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