Biomarkers of oxidation, inflammation and cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis patients undergoing sulfur-based spa therapies

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 973-978

  Benedetti, Serena ^a   Canino, Claudia ^a   Tonti, Gaetana ^a   Medda, Virginia ^a   Calcaterra, Piergiorgio ^b   Nappi, Giuseppe ^c   Salaffi, Fausto ^d   Canestrari, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b Thermal Center of Saturnia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant protection; Osteoarthritis; Oxidative stress; Spa therapy; Sulfurous water

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROPEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; SULFUR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUD THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; SERUM; SPA TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUD THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SULFUR;

EID: 77954315229     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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