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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 51
| Issue : 2 | Page : 220--222 |
Plasma antioxidant vitamins in brain tumors
G Rao1, A Rao1, A Raja2, S Rao2, A Rao3
1 Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
2 Department of Neurological Sciences, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal-576104, India
3 Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal-576104, India
Correspondence Address:
A Rao
Department of Biochemistry, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
India
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PMID: 14571008 
Plasma levels of vitamins A, E and C were analyzed in 102 patients with different types of brain tumors. A follow-up study was done with 27 postoperative patients. On comparison with plasma from normal individuals, vitamin A and E were decreased, but the decrease was statistically insignificant. Vitamin C levels remained in the normal range. In a comparative study of preoperative and postoperative cases, plasma vitamin A levels in postoperative glioma patients were significantly higher than those in the pre-operative state. There was no significant difference in the plasma level of vitamins C and E. The results of the present study suggest that the plasma antioxidant vitamins are not altered effectively in brain tumor cases.
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