Plasma copper and zinc in pregnancy complicated with diabetes mellitus

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 861-864

  Ugwuja, Emmanuel I ^a   Akubugwo, Emmanuel I ^b   Ejikeme, Boniface N ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Enzymes; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Hyperglycaemia; Hypozincuria; Insulin resistance; Metallothionine

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COPPER; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; ZINC;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PARITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL STATUS; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 78649595164     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2010.861.864     Document Type: Article

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