Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between viral load and lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

Materials and Methods: We examined 50 patients (26 male, 24 female)...

Endometriosis is frequently associated with infertility and spontaneous abortus. Studies which had been carried on the subjects with endometriosis revealed the abnormal expression of the antioxidant defense enzymes, and suggested an inbalance in free radical metabolism. This study was designed to...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the possible effects of leptin and oxidative stress on the pathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Material and Methods: Subjects were assigned to four groups: type 1 diabetes group (n=20),...

It has been reported that oxidative stress is increased in diabetes mellitus and the increase in oxidative stress gives rise to complications of this disease. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of vitamin A, E, and C treatments combined with insulin on the oxidative and...

Synovial chondromatosis is a metaplastic pathology seen as multiple nodules localized in synovial joints, bursae and tendon sheath. Generally differential diagnosis can easily be done by typical radiological and histological properties. In this case report, the, nitrite-nitrate and superoxide...

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defective insulin secretion or resistance to insulin action, or both. Production of sugar alcoholes called as metabolic hypothesis, ischemia-hipoxia oxidative stress, and insufficiency of neurotrophin or...