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Serum extracellular superoxide dismutase in patients with type 2 diabetes: relationship to the development of micro- and macrovascular complications.
Diabetes care - 1 Apr 2003
Kimura Fumiaki, Hasegawa Goji, Obayashi Hiroshi, Adachi Tetsuo, Hara Hirokazu, Ohta Mitsuhiro, Fukui Michiaki, Kitagawa Yoshihiro, Park Hyohun, Nakamura Naoto, Nakano Koji, Yoshikawa Toshikazu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of serum extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes and to assess whether increased EC-SOD concentration is associated with the development of diabetic vascular complications. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Serum EC-SOD concentrations were determined in 222 patients with type 2 diabetes and 75 healthy...
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