Effect of vitamin A and Zn supplementation on indices of vitamin A status, haemoglobin level and defecation of children with persistent diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 58-64

  Wang, Yuting ^a,b   Gao, Yuan ^a,b   Liu, Quanbo ^a,b   Zhan, Xue ^a,b   Li, Zhongyue ^a,b   Hu, Huajian ^a,b   Li, Tingyu ^a,b   Chen, Jie ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Intervention; Treatment efficacy of persistent diarrhea; Vitamin A; Zn

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC;

ADRENAL CORTEX DISEASE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BARTTER SYNDROME; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DYSBIOSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY TUBULE ACIDOSIS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84977097644     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.15-68     Document Type: Article

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