Oxidative stress in children with severe malaria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-150

  Narsaria, Nidhi ^a   Mohanty, C ^a   Das, B K ^a   Mishra, S P ^a   Prasad, Rajniti ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Oxidants; Reactive oxygen species; Severe malaria

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; CREATININE; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOGLOBIN; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; INFANT; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CERULOPLASMIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRITES; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

EID: 84859225565     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr043     Document Type: Article

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