Free radicals and scavenging enzymes in chronic tonsillitis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-268

  Kaygusuz, Irfan ^a,b,c   Ilhan, Nevin ^a,b   Karlidag, Turgut ^a,b   Keles, Erol ^a,b   Yalçin, Sinasi ^a,b   Çetiner, Hasan ^a,b  

^a Medical Faculty ^*

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; MALONALDEHYDE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0142058119     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00630-2     Document Type: Article

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