Balneotherapy and platelet glutathione metabolism in type II diabetic patients

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 156-159

  Ohtsuka, Yoshinori ^a   Yabunaka, Noriyuki ^a   Watanabe, Ichiro ^a   Noro, Hiroshi ^a   Agishi, Yuko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balneotherapy; Diabetes mellitus; Glutathione; Platelet

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; BLOOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; THROMBOCYTE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BALNEOLOGY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PLATELETS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030226107     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01211230     Document Type: Article

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