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Role of promoter polymorphisms in the plasma glutathione peroxidase (GPx-3) gene as a risk factor for cerebral venous thrombosis.
Stroke - 1 Feb 2008
Voetsch Barbara, Jin Richard C, Bierl Charlene, Deus-Silva Leonardo, Camargo Erica C S, Annichino-Bizacchi Joyce M, Handy Diane E, Loscalzo Joseph
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Plasma glutathione peroxidase (GPx-3) is a major antioxidant enzyme in plasma and the extracellular space that scavenges reactive oxygen species produced during normal metabolism or after oxidative insult. A deficiency of this enzyme increases extracellular oxidant stress, promotes platelet activation, and may promote oxidative posttranslational modification of fibrinogen. We recently...
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