| Literature DB >> 17592383 |
Tirang R Neyestani1, Zahra Fereydouni, Sima Hejazi, Fatemeh Salehi-Nasab, Fariba Nateghifard, Mohsen Maddah, Majid Karandish.
Abstract
Vitamin C status and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) was assessed in 28 hospitalized patients and 30 apparently healthy control subjects. It was determined that whereas vitamin C intake in patients with ALL was more than twice as much as in controls, plasma and urinary concentrations of vitamin C were more than 10 times and 2.5 times higher in controls than in the patients with ALL, respectively (P < 0.001). Accordingly, serum TAC levels in the patients with ALL were lower than in healthy subjects (P < 0.001). Vitamin C utilization is increased in children with ALL.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17592383 DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31804c5047
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr ISSN: 0277-2116 Impact factor: 2.839