Development of a plasma zinc concentration cutoff to identify individuals with severe zinc deficiency based on results from adults undergoing experimental severe dietary zinc restriction and individuals with acrodermatitis enteropathica

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1204-1210

  Wessells, K Ryan ^a   King, Janet C ^b   Brown, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA; ALOPECIA; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHARYNGITIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ACRODERMATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC;

EID: 84904566762     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.191585     Document Type: Article

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