Serum selenium level and glutathione peroxidase activity in steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1063-1065

  Fydryk, Janusz ^a   Olszewska, Maria ^a   Urasiński, Tomasz ^a   Brodkiewicz, Andrzej ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Glutathione peroxidase; Selenium; Steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PREDNISONE; SELENIUM; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISOLONE; SELENIUM;

EID: 0141954952     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1237-7     Document Type: Article

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