Oxidant-Antioxidant Balance in Granulocytes during ARDS: Effect of N-Acetylcysteine

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 163-166

  Laurent, Thierry ^a   Markert, Michèle ^a   Feihl, François ^a   Schaller, Marie Denise ^a   Perret, Claude ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcysteine; Antioxidants; Free radicals; Glutathione; Granulocytes; Respiratory distress syndrome, adult

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; ELASTASE; GLUTATHIONE; GRANULOCYTE ENZYME; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACRIDINES; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LUMINOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDANTS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PLACEBOS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 0030028401     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.1.163     Document Type: Article

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