Clinical correlation between gastric cancer type and serum selenium and zinc levels

Journal of Gastric Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 217-222

  Ji, Jae Hyo ^a   Shin, Dong Gue ^a   Kwon, Yujin ^a   Cho, Dong Hui ^a   Lee, Kyung Bok ^a   Park, Sang Soo ^a   Yoon, Jin ^a  

^a Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Selenium; Stomach neoplasms; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872163793     PISSN: 2093582X     EISSN: 20935641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5230/jgc.2012.12.4.217     Document Type: Article

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