The antioxidative defense in asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-63

  Tekin, Demet ^a,b   Sin, Betül Ayşe ^a   Mungan, Dilşad ^a   Misirligil, Zeynep ^a   Yavuzer, Sema ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Asthma; Oxygen radicals

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; ERYTHROCYTE ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0034004992     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900009055428     Document Type: Article

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