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Red blood cell glutathione peroxidase in simple trisomy 21 and translocation 21/22

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Red blood cell glutathione peroxidase activity was increased by bbout 50% in all Down's syndrome patients studied. It was slightly lower in translocation as compared with simple trisomy 21 but much higher with respect to controls.

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  1. M. Koter & G. Bartosz

    Present address: Department of Biophysics, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

  2. B. Pawłowska & D. Aitkin

    Present address: Department of Medical Genetics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, York Hill, Glasgow, Scotland

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  1. Department of Physiology, WAM Medical Academy, Pl.9 Maja No. 1, PL-90-647, Łódż, Poland

    J. Kedziora, R. Lukaszewicz, M. Koter, G. Bartosz, B. Pawłowska & D. Aitkin

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We are indebted to Prof. M. Ferguson-Smith from the Department of Medical Genetics, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland, for helpful discussions regarding our results.

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Kedziora, J., Lukaszewicz, R., Koter, M. et al. Red blood cell glutathione peroxidase in simple trisomy 21 and translocation 21/22. Experientia 38, 543–544 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327040

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