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Zinc and iron deficiency in children with short stature/ Rasha Zaki Mohammed ; Supervised Maha Mohsen Amin , Eman Abdelghany Abdelghany , Dina Hesham Ahmed

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cairo : Rasha Zaki Mohammed , 2014Description: 150 P. : facsimiles ; 25cmOther title:
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Dissertation note: Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics Summary: Background: Zinc and iron belong to the group of 10 essential micronutrients; their deficiency may be an important cause of idiopathic short stature. Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess serum level of micronutrients zinc and iron and the nutritional status in a group of prepubertal children with idiopathic short stature and to compare these data with normally growing children. Patients and methods: The present work is a cross-sectional study was done in National Nutritional Institute (NNI). It included 40 pre pubertal children with a mean age 7.9 years ± 1.05 SD, complaining of idiopathic short stature, with mean height SDS -2.42 ± 0.59 SD, sex and age matched to 40normally growing children. Anthropometric measurements (height, weight) were assisted. Analysis of serum iron, zinc and Hb. Dietary assessment was done by 24hrs recall for 3 days, all data statistically analyzed by SPSS program
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Thesis Thesis قاعة الرسائل الجامعية - الدور الاول المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.11.28.M.Sc.2014.Ra.Z (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 01010110064668000
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Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics

Background: Zinc and iron belong to the group of 10 essential micronutrients; their deficiency may be an important cause of idiopathic short stature. Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess serum level of micronutrients zinc and iron and the nutritional status in a group of prepubertal children with idiopathic short stature and to compare these data with normally growing children. Patients and methods: The present work is a cross-sectional study was done in National Nutritional Institute (NNI). It included 40 pre pubertal children with a mean age 7.9 years ± 1.05 SD, complaining of idiopathic short stature, with mean height SDS -2.42 ± 0.59 SD, sex and age matched to 40normally growing children. Anthropometric measurements (height, weight) were assisted. Analysis of serum iron, zinc and Hb. Dietary assessment was done by 24hrs recall for 3 days, all data statistically analyzed by SPSS program

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