Blood antioxidant levels in patients with alcoholic liver disease correlate with the degree of liver impairment and are not specific to alcoholic liver injury itself

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 985-992

  Van De Casteele, M ^a   Zaman, Z ^a   Zeegers, M ^a   Servaes, R ^a   Fevery, J ^a   Nevens, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MIDDLE AGED; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0036234599     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2002.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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