Antioxidants and mucosa protectives: realistic therapeutic options in inflammatory bowel disease?

Oxidative damage is involved in the pathogenic process of idiopathic chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Although specific intervention in the oxidative cascade showed promising results in animal models and preliminary patient trials, the clinical efficacy of antioxidants still has to be established...

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Main Authors: L. Kruidenier, H. W. Verspaget
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1998-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09629359891081