Supplement moderate zinc as an effective treatment for spinal cord injury

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 589-590

  Wang, Yansong ^a   Me, Xifan ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Lv, Gang ^a  

^a JINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MESSENGER RNA; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UPREGULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; ZINC;

EID: 80052619368     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.06.037     Document Type: Article

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