Zinc and copper status in children with beta-thalassemia major

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-302

  Mahyar, Abolfazl ^a   Ayazi, Parviz ^a   Pahlevan, Ali Asghar ^a   Mojabi, Hoshyar ^a   Sehhat, Mohammad Reza ^a   Javadi, Amir ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia; Children; Copper; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DEFEROXAMINE; FERRITIN; ZINC;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER DEFICIENCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77957575505     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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