Hair zinc levels and the efficacy of oral zinc supplementation in children with atopic dermatitis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 558-562

  Kim, Jeong Eun ^a   Yoo, Seo Rye ^a   Jeong, Myeong Gil ^a   Ko, Joo Yeon ^a   Ro, Young Suck ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Hair; Zinc

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZN TZA PLUS; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN WATER LOSS; SLEEP DISORDER; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ZINC DEFICIENCY; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HAIR; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; PRURITUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; ZINC;

EID: 84906064733     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1772     Document Type: Article

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