Determination of toral antioxidant capacity of saliva in sickle cell anemic patients - A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Sudhindra Baliga (Author), Minal Chaudhary (Author), Sham S Bhat (Author), Poonam Bhatiya (Author), Nilima Thosar (Author), Pooja Bhansali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Sickle cell anemia is a congenital hemoglobinopathy characterized by deformed red blood cells. Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathophysiology of sickle cell anaemia as it destroys free radicals, and thereby depleting the protective mechanisms such as antioxidants in seru...