Zinc supplementation decreases oxidative stress, incidence of infection, and generation of inflammatory cytokines in sickle cell disease patients
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, the Department of Geriatrics, and the Department of Pathology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Mich, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Received 7 February 2008; received in revised form 2 June 2008; accepted 4 June 2008. published online 14 July 2008.
Supported by Grant 1-R01 A150698-01A1 from the National Institutes of Health (to A.P.) and by Grant FD-U-000457-06 from the Food and Drug Administration (to A.P.).
PII: S1931-5244(08)00157-6
doi:10.1016/j.trsl.2008.06.001
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