Glutathione peroxidase activity and serum selenium concentration in intrinsic asthmatic patients

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-202

  Qujeq, Durdi ^a   Hidari, Behzad ^a   Bijani, Khezroolla ^a   Shirdel, Hosein ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; Glutathione peroxidase; Selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NADP; OXYGEN; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0037224883     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.032     Document Type: Article

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