Zinc status of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate carcinoma

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Christudoss, Pamela ^a   Selvakumar, R ^a   Fleming, Joseph J ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; plasma zinc; prostate cancer; tissue zinc; urine zinc creatinine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SECTION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC URINE LEVEL;

EID: 79954510580     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.78405     Document Type: Article

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