A case of transient zinc deficiency in a breast-fed preterm infant successfully treated with oral zinc supplementation: Review of zinc methabolism and related diseases

Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 729-734

  Mandato, F ^a   Rubegni, P ^a   Buonocore, G ^a   Fimiani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Infant, newborn; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GLUCONATE ZINC; ZINC;

ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL SERUM; PREMATURITY; SEPSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77949621884     PISSN: 03920488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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