Pediatric reference intervals for serum copper and zinc

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 612-615

  Lin, Chia Ni ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^b   Church, Bella B ^b   Ehman, Shanna ^b   Roberts, William L ^a,b   McMillin, Gwendolyn A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric reference interval; Serum copper; Serum zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEDIATRIC REFERENCE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOFTWARE; ZINC;

EID: 84856217888     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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