Vitamin A and lipid peroxidation in patients with different forms of leprosy

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-214

  Lima, Emerson Silva ^a,d   Roland, Ivete De A ^b   Maroja, Maria De Fátima ^c   Marcon, Jaydione L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c Alfredo da Matta Foundation of Tropical Dermatology and Venereology (FUAM)   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leprosy; Lipid peroxidation; Malondialdehyde; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

MALONALDEHYDE; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34548656574     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000400003     Document Type: Article

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