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Low Zinc Status and Absorption Exist in Infants with Jejunostomies or Ileostomies Which Persists after Intestinal Repair

There is very little data regarding trace mineral nutrition in infants with small intestinal ostomies. Here we evaluated 14 infants with jejunal or ileal ostomies to measure their zinc absorption and retention and biochemical zinc and copper status. Zinc absorption was measured using a dual-tracer s...

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Autores principales: Balay, Kimberly S., Hawthorne, Keli M., Hicks, Penni D., Chen, Zhensheng, Griffin, Ian J., Abrams, Steven A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3475237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23112915
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu4091273