Oxidant-antioxidant status in Egyptian children with sickle cell anemia: a single center based study

Objective: the present study was conducted to investigate the oxidant-antioxidant status in Egyptian children with sickle cell anemia. Methods: the serum levels of total antioxidant capacity (TAO), paraoxonase (PON), vitamin E, nitrite, and malondialdehyde (MDA) were measured in 40 steady state chil...

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Main Authors: Mona Kamal El-Ghamrawy, Wagdi Maurice Hanna, Amina Abdel-Salam, Marwa M. El-Sonbaty, Eman R. Youness, Ahmed Adel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755714000163