Further evidence of altered redox status of hyperbilirubinaemic patients: Role of bilirubin in Gilbert syndrome

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 47, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 131-134

  Hagymási, Krisztina ^a   Kocsis, Ibolya ^a   Lengyel, Gabriella ^a   Sipos, Péter ^a   Fehér, János ^a   Blázovics, Anna ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Free radical antioxidant balance; Gilbert syndrome; Redox status; Total scavenger capacity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GILBERT DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; MALE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1342267473     PISSN: 03246523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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