Serum Oxidative-Antioxidative Status in Patients With Alkaptonuria

The oxidative and antioxidative status of simple febrile seizure patients.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the oxidative status following a seizure in children experiencing a simple febrile seizure. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at Harran University, Turkey, between January and September 2011. It comprised 32 paediatric patients who, within the preceding 8 hours, had experienced a seizure due to upper respiratory tract infection and had been diagnosed with s...

Oxidative and antioxidative status of children with acute bronchiolitis.

OBJECTIVE Oxidative stress has been shown to contribute to the pathogenesis of acute and chronic lung inflammatory diseases. This article aimed to evaluate the oxidant/antioxidant status of children with acute bronchiolitis through the measurement of plasma total antioxidant capacity, total oxidant status, and oxidative stress index. METHODS Children with acute bronchiolitis admitted to the p...

Investigation of oxidative and antioxidative status in patients with diabetic cataracts

Nagihan UĞURLU*, Fatma YÜLEK, Şule Berk ERGUN, Mehmet Doğan AŞIK, Semra IŞIKOĞLU, Emine AKÇAY Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey Department of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine, Institute of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Department of Biochemistry, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Yı...

Oxidative/antioxidative status, lymphocyte DNA damage, and urotensin-2 receptor level in patients with migraine attacks

Background The present study investigated the potential roles of plasma lymphocyte DNA damage, the urotensin-2 receptor (UTS2R), and oxidative changes in patients with varying degrees of migraine-related disability who were in the ictal phase and presented to our emergency department. Methods This study enrolled 40 consecutive adult patients with migraine attack and 40 age- and sex-matched he...

P-38: Comparison of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidative Status in non Obese Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome