Carotid Intima-Media Thickness And Paraoxonase Activity In Betathalassaemia Major Children.

HARUN PERU, ALPAY ÇAKMAK, SEMA YILDIZ, EKREM KARAKAŞ, ÖMER KARAKAŞ, İSMAİL TORU, AHMET KOÇ

  • HARUN PERU: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ TIP FAKÜLTESİ
  • ALPAY ÇAKMAK: HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • SEMA YILDIZ: GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • EKREM KARAKAŞ: HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • ÖMER KARAKAŞ: HARRAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • İSMAİL TORU: AKÇAKALE DEVLET HASTANESİ
  • AHMET KOÇ: MEVLANA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • Year : 2012
  • Vol : 28
  • Issue : 1
  •  Page : 32-35
The aim of this study was to research the relationship between the difference in carotid intima media thickness and paraoxonase (PON1) in beta-thalassaemia major (BTM) children. We recruited fifty BTM patients (7.2±5.3 years, 34 boys and 16 girls) and 35 controls (7.9± 2.1 years, 23 boys and 12 girls) consecutively. In all subjects, serum PON1 activity and CIMT were measured. Mean CIMT was significantly increased in BTM patients relative to controls (P

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Selcuk Medical Journal
2012, Vol. 28 (1)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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