Roles of zinc in the pathophysiology of acute diarrhea

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Kulkarni, Hemant ^a,b,d   Mamtani, Manju ^a,d   Patel, Archana ^a,c,d  

^a Lata Medical Research Foundation   (India)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Enterocyte proliferation; Intestinal ion transport; Mechanism; Prevention and control; Supplementation; Treatment; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CHEMOKINE; CHLORIDE ION; CYCLIC GMP; MULTIVITAMIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RETINOL; ZINC;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE RESECTION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84857626426     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-011-0222-8     Document Type: Review

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