Plasma coenzyme Q10 concentrations in breast cancer: Prognosis and therapeutic consequences

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 506-509

  Jolliet, P ^a,b   Simon, N ^a   Barre J ^a   Pons, J Y ^a   Boukef, M ^a   Paniel, B J ^a   Tillement, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Breast cancer; Coenzyme Q10; Ubiquinone; Vitamine E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CATHEPSIN D; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST LESION; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; UBIQUINONE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031714917     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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