Serum γ-glutamyltransferase as oxidative stress marker in pre-and postmenopausal Iraqi women

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-288

  Abdul Rasheed, Omar F ^a   Al Shamma, Ghassan A ^a   Zillo, Bushra H ^a  

^a Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAQI; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 84870570028     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2010.83     Document Type: Article

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