Antioxidant vitamin levels in sickle cell disorders

• Published in: The National medical journal of India Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 11 - 13
• Main Authors: Ray, Debes, Deshmukh, Pradeep, Goswami, Kalyan, Garg, Neelam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anemia, Sickle Cell - epidemiology; Anemia, Sickle Cell - etiology; Antioxidants - analysis; Ascorbic Acid - blood; Ascorbic Acid Deficiency; beta Carotene - deficiency; Case-Control Studies; Child; Female; Humans; India - epidemiology; Male; Risk Factors; Vitamin E Deficiency - blood; Vitamin E Deficiency - complications; India

Sickle cell disorder is a haemoglobinopathy prevalent in the Vidharbha region of Maharashtra, central India. With recent evidence of oxidative stress in sickle haemoglobinopathy, a possible deficiency of antioxidant vitamins was suspected. We measured plasma vitamin E, vitamin C and beta-carotene le...