The relationship between antioxidant systems and some markers of oxidative stress in persons with Down syndrome

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 787-794

  Garaiová, Iveta ^a   Muchová, Jana ^a   Šustrová, Maria ^b   Blažíček, Pavol ^c   Sivoňová, Monika ^a   Kvasnička, Peter ^d   Pueschel, Siegfried ^e   Ďuračková, Zdeňka ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Research Base of the Slovak Medical University   (Slovakia)

^c Hospital of Ministry of Defense   (Slovakia)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Down syndrome; Glutathione; Lipofuscin; Malondialdehyde; Uric acid; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

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EID: 14844313295     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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