Adjunctive vitamin E treatment in wilson disease and suggestions for future trials

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1864-

  Liang, Shen ^a   Ji, Hong Fang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; COPPER ION; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; ZINC; ANTIOXIDANT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COGNITION; HUMAN; LETTER; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WILSON DISEASE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VITAMIN E; ZINC;

EID: 77951443600     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23665     Document Type: Letter

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