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High blood sugar in type 2 diabetes leads to more oxidative damage in the body, partly because the main antioxidant enzyme glutathione peroxidase becomes less active and is chemically altered by...
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Selenium levels and Glutathione peroxidase activity in the plasma of patients with type II diabetes mellitus.
Cross-Sectional Study
Human
2016 SepContradicting (0)
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