title: Anti-oxidant activity in measles.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Measles leads to serious complications, especially in developing countries.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to evaluate the effect of oxidative stress on the enzymatic and non-enzymatic anti-oxidant status in children with measles.
  
  
  METHODS
  Levels of superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase, ceruloplasmin, albumin, total bilirubin and uric acid were studied in 17 children with measles and 29 healthy controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a statistically significant difference between the groups for all parameters. All of the anti-oxidant activities except for albumin level were increased in the study group. Both enzymatic and nonenzymatic anti-oxidant defence systems were affected in measles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey. mcemek@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cemek
authors.forename: Fahri
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bayiroğlu
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caksen
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cemek
authors.forename: Semiha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dede
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D002374:Catalase / Q000097:blood; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000378:metabolism*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000502:physiology*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014527:Uric Acid; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D002570:Ceruloplasmin; D001663:Bilirubin