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Frequency of polymorphism -262 c/t in catalase gene and oxidative damage in Slovak children with bronchial asthma.
Archivos de bronconeumologia - 1 Dec 2013
Babusikova Eva, Jesenak Milos, Evinova Andrea, Banovcin Peter, Dobrota Dusan
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INTRODUCTION: Bronchial asthma is a complex disease in which genetic factors, environmental factors and oxidative damage are responsible for the initiation and modulation of disease progression. If antioxidant mechanisms fail, reactive oxygen species damage the biomolecules followed by progression of the disease. Catalase is one of the most important endogenous enzymatic antioxidants. In the present study, we...
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