Serum copper, ceruloplasmin, protein thiols and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance status in liver cancer associated with elevated levels of alfa-fetoprotein

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-344

  Nayak, Shivananda B ^a,b   Yashwanth, S ^a   Pinto, Sneha M ^a   Bhat, Vinutha R ^a   Mayya, Srimathi S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b EWMSC   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Ceruloplasmin; Copper; Liver cancer; Thiobarbituric acid reactive substance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 23044451707     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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