Serum copper concentration in newborns with neural tube defects in northern Iran; A case control study

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Golalipour, Mohammad Jafar ^a   Mansourian, Azad Reza ^a   Keshtkar, Abbas Ali ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Copper; Neural tube defects; Newborns; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 67549109949     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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