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An imbalance in the first line of the antioxidant defence and hyperactivity of the glutathione-dependent system were revealed in 137 youths with mitral valve prolapse. Increased activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione reductase (by 6 and 1.82–2.10 times, respectively) can serve as an additional diagnostic criterion of decreased compensatory reserves in patients with mitral valve prolapse.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 143, No. 5, pp. 519–521, May, 2007
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Chepurnenko, S.A. Imbalance in the antioxidant defense system as a possible cause of decreased compensatory and adaptive reserves in youths with mitral valve prolapse. Bull Exp Biol Med 143, 585–586 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-007-0186-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-007-0186-8