Effect of liver cirrhosis and age on the glutathione concentration in the plasma, erythrocytes, and gastric mucosa of man

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 483-488

  Loguercio, C ^a   Taranto, D ^a   Vitale, L M ^a   Beneduce, F ^a   Del Vecchio Blanco, C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Age; Cirrhosis; Free radicals; Glutathione

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029917723     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(96)02057-6     Document Type: Article

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