Abnormalities of antioxidant metabolism in a case of Friedreich's disease

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-275

  Helveston, Wendell ^a   Cibula, Jean E ^a   Hurd, Russell ^b   Uthman, Basim M ^a   Wilder, B J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ataxia; Freidreich's; N Acetylcysteine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; COPPER; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CONDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029971594     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-199619030-00010     Document Type: Article

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