N-acetylcysteine counteracts erythrocyte alterations occurring in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 279, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 552-556

  Straface, Elisabetta ^a   Matarrese, Paola ^a   Gambardella, Lucrezia ^a   Forte, Silvia ^c   Carlone, Stefano ^b   Libianchi, Enrico ^c   Schmid, Giovanni ^c   Malorni, Walter ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

COPD; Cytoskeleton; Erythrocyte; Morphometry; N acetylcysteine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLYCOPHORIN; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SPECTRIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034694867     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3981     Document Type: Article

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