Evidence for a high free radical state in low-grade astrocytomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1146-1151

  Louw, Déon F ^a,d   Böse, Ranjan ^b   Sima, Anders A F ^c   Sutherland, Garnette R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free radicals; High grade astrocytoma; Low grade astrocytoma; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CACODYLIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CATALASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICROBODIES; MIDDLE AGED; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 0030725375     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199711000-00025     Document Type: Article

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