Zinc-Jack of all trades, master of none!

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-131

  Aneja, Rajesh K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Plasma zinc; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALGRANULIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME 16; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; VENOUS BLOOD; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; ZINC;

EID: 70349200945     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181937657     Document Type: Editorial

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