Reduced serum concentrations of retinol and α-tocopherol and high concentrations of hydroperoxides are associated with community levels of S. mansoni infection and schistosomal periportal fibrosis in Ethiopian school children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 943-949

  Berhe, Nega ^a   Halvorsen, Bente L ^b   Gundersen, Thomas E ^b   Myrvang, Bjørn ^c   Gundersen, Svein G ^d   Blomhoff, Rune ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROPEROXIDE; RETINOL; LIPID PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; FECES; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDES; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; VITAMIN A;

EID: 34347257074     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.943     Document Type: Article

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