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Activity of antioxidant enzymes in children from families at high risk of premature coronary heart disease.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Jan 2003
Siemianowicz K, Gmiński J, Francuz T, Wójcik A, Posielezna B
Abstract excerpt
A positive family history of coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the most predictive risk factors of CHD. Many children with increased risk of CHD because of their positive family history of CHD do not present other risk factors, such as altered serum lipid profile. Oxidative stress plays an important part in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Serum antioxidants and intracellular enzymatic antioxidants...
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