Evaluation of zinc plasma level in Iranian cirrhotic patients due to hepatitis B and hepatitis C

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-64

  Nazari, Mohammad Abbasi ^a,b   Malayeri, Sahar Hasani ^a   Pourhoseingholi, Mohammad Amin ^b   Mohebi, Seyed Reza ^b   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Iran; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77949685072     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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