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Association between enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defense mechanism with apolipoprotein E genotypes in Alzheimer disease.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Aug 2008
Kharrazi Hadi, Vaisi-Raygani Asad, Rahimi Zohreh, Tavilani Haidar, Aminian Mahdi, Pourmotabbed Tayebeh
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OBJECTIVE: There are evidence suggesting that APOE-varepsilon4 allele play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by reducing peripheral levels and activities of a broad spectrum of nonenzymatic and enzymatic antioxidants systems. However, the link between APOE genotype, oxidative stress, and AD has yet to be established. In this study we examined whether antioxidant defense mechanism...
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