Copper deficiency after gastric surgery: A reason for caution

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 337, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 256-258

  Prodan, Calin I ^a,g   Bottomley, Sylvia S ^b   Vincent, Andrea S ^c   Cowan, Linda D ^a   Meerveld, Beverley Greenwood Van ^b   Holland, Neil R ^d,e   Lind, Stuart E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Neurology Specialists of Monmouth County   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g PPOB   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Copper deficiency; Gastric surgery; Myelopathy; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DATA BASE; GASTRECTOMY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; SCREENING TEST; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 65549110362     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31818ad0ff     Document Type: Article

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