Glutathione metabolism and antioxidant enzymes in children with Down syndrome

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 583-585

  Pastore, Anna ^a   Tozzi, Giulia ^a   Gaeta, Laura Maria ^a   Giannotti, Aldo ^a   Bertini, Enrico ^a   Federici, Giorgio ^a   Digilio, Maria Cristina ^a   Piemonte, Fiorella ^a  

^a Laboratory of Biochemistry   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038020053     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2003.203     Document Type: Article

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