Brief communication: Erythrocyte antioxidant enzymes in patients with cataract

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-204

  Chandrasena, Lal G ^a   Chackrewarthy, Sureka ^a   Perera, P Teckla M J ^a   De Silva, Daya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Eye Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Catalase; Cataract; Glutathione peroxidase; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSMOTIC CATARACT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE CATARACT; SRI LANKA; STUDENT T TEST; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CATALASE; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 33646507908     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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