Oxidant and Antioxidant Parameters in the Treatment of Meningitis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-120

  Aycicek, Ali ^a   Iscan, Akin ^b   Erel, Ozcan ^b   Akcali, Mustafa ^b   Ocak, Ali Riza ^b  

^a Children's Hospital at Sanliurfa   (Turkey)

^b Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CERULOPLASMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 34547577280     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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