Serum copper and zinc levels in mothers and cord blood of their newborn infants with neural tube defects: A case-control study

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 675-680

  Zeyrek, Dost ^a   Soran, Mustafa ^a   Cakmak, Alpay ^a   Kocyigit, Abdurrahim ^a   Iscan, Akin ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Copper; Folic acid; Micronutrients; Neural tube defects; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; LEAD; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COPPER; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ZINC;

EID: 68949130820     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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