Serum zinc levels are low in children with simple febrile seizures compared with those in children with epileptic seizures and controls

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-349

  Ganesh, R ^a   Janakiraman, L ^a   Meenakshi, B ^b  

^a SRM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SERUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 80055040198     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1465328111Y.0000000032     Document Type: Article

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