Plasma superoxide radical in jaundiced patients and role of xanthine oxidase

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-236

  Assimakopoulos, Stelios F ^a   Grintzalis, Konstantinos ^b   Thomopoulos, Konstantinos C ^a   Papapostolou, Ioannis ^b   Georgiou, Christos D ^b   Gogos, Charalambos ^a   Vagianos, Constantine E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Obstructive jaundice; Oxidative stress; Superoxide radical; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; SUPEROXIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROETHIDINE; PHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SCAVENGER; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLOPURINOL; BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENANTHRIDINES; PLASMA; SUPEROXIDES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 55249116749     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181601158     Document Type: Article

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