Red blood cell antioxidant levels in Wuchereria bancrofti infection

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-88

  Premaratna, R ^a   Chandrasena, T G A N ^a   Abeyewickreme, W ^a   Chandrasena, L G ^a   Senarath, S ^a   De Silva, N R ^a   De Silva, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DEC; Endemic normals; Filariasis; Glutathione peroxidase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ERYTHROCYTE ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0344406165     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(03)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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