Oxidative stress in children with bacterial meningitis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-308

  Srivastava, Ragni ^a   Lohokare, Rajeev ^a   Prasad, Rajniti ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bacterial; Meningitis; Oxidants

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK MUSCLE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RIGIDITY; SEIZURE; VOMITING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS; OXIDANTS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NITRITES; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 84881493380     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt013     Document Type: Article

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