Evaluation of antioxidant status in children with acute bacterial meningitis and encephalitis

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1497-1504

  Çaksen, Hüseyin ^a,b   Dede, Semiha ^a   Cemek, Mustafa ^a   Dulger, Haluk ^a   Cemek, Fatima ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Child; Encephalitis; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIOXIDANT; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; CERULOPLASMIN; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; URIC ACID;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CERULOPLASMIN; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SERUM ALBUMIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; URIC ACID;

EID: 0242569435     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450390231527     Document Type: Article

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