Influence of antimicrobial chemotherapy and smoking status on the plasma concentrations of vitamin C, vitamin E, β-carotene, acute phase reactants, iron and lipid peroxides in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 590-596

  Put, M L ^a,b   Theron, A J ^a   Fickl, H ^a   Van Rensburg, C E J ^a   Pendel, S ^a   Anderson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Department of Immunology ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

carotene; Lipid peroxides; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FERRITIN; LIPID PEROXIDE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VITAMIN E;

EID: 7344261827     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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