The influence of hydroxyurea on oxidative stress in sickle cell anemia

OBJECTIVE: The oxidative stress in 20 sickle cell anemia patients taking hydroxyurea and 13 sickle cell anemia patients who did not take hydroxyurea was compared with a control group of 96 individuals without any hemoglobinopathy. METHODS: Oxidative stress was assessed by thiobarbituric acid reactiv...

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Main Authors: Lidiane de Souza Torres, Danilo Grünig Humberto da Silva, Edis Belini Junior, Eduardo Alves de Almeida, Clarisse Lopes de Castro Lobo, Rodolfo Delfini Cançado, Milton Artur Ruiz, Claudia Regina Bonini-Domingos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842012000600010