Current status of oxidative stress in pediatric liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-177

  Czubkowski, Piotr ^a   Socha, Piotr ^a   Pawlowska, Joanna ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Liver transplantation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

3 [3 TERT BUTYLTHIO 1 (4 CHLOROBENZYL) 5 ISOPROPYL 2 INDOLYL] 2,2 DIMETHYLPROPIONIC ACID; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETA CAROTENE; BUCILLAMINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYANIDIN 3 GLUCOSIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEFEROXAMINE; EBSELEN; FREE RADICAL; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IBUPROFEN; IDEBENONE; KUTKIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; MELATONIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONTELUKAST; NICARAVEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TACROLIMUS; THIOCTIC ACID; UBIQUINONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

GENE THERAPY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 76449117091     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01256.x     Document Type: Review

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