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

  • 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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Carotid Intima-Media Thickness And Paraoxonase Activity In Betathalassaemia Major Children.
, Vol. 28 (1)
Received : 03.10.2011, Accepted : 03.10.2011, Published Online : 13.08.2018
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