Antioxidant vitamin levels in sickle cell disorders

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-13

  Ray, Debes ^a   Deshmukh, Pradeep ^a   Goswami, Kalyan ^a   Garg, Neelam ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; BETA CAROTENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34248353945     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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