Research on zinc blood levels and nutritional status in adolescents with autoimmune hepatitis
CONTEXT: Zinc deficiency in children and adolescents impairs their growing, development and immune system. OBJECTIVE: To verify the existence of plasma and leukocyte zinc deficiency in adolescents with autoimmune hepatitis. METHODS: The study comprised 23 patients with autoimmune hepatitis, aged 10-...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
2011-03-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Gastroenterologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032011000100013&lng=en&tlng=en |