Serum 8,12-iso-iPF2α-VI Isoprostane Marker of Oxidative Damage and Cognition Deficits in Children with Konzo

Bumoko G. Makila-Mabe; Kambale J. Kikandau; Thérèse M. Sombo; Daniel L. Okitundu; Jean-Claude Mwanza; Michael J. Boivin; Mumba D. Ngoyi; Jean-Jacques T. Muyembe; Jean-Pierre Banea; Gerard R. Boss; Desiré Tshala-Katumbay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107191

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Serum 8,12-iso-iPF2α-VI Isoprostane Marker of Oxidative Damage and Cognition Deficits in Children with Konzo

Bumoko G. Makila-Mabe,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
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Kambale J. Kikandau,

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
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Thérèse M. Sombo,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
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Daniel L. Okitundu,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
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Jean-Claude Mwanza,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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Michael J. Boivin,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Neurology/Ophthalmology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Mumba D. Ngoyi,

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherches Biomédicales, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
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Jean-Jacques T. Muyembe,

Affiliations Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Department of Parasitology, Institut National de Recherches Biomédicales, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
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Jean-Pierre Banea,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health & National Nutrition Program, Ministry of Health, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa
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Gerard R. Boss,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Desiré Tshala-Katumbay

* E-mail: tshalad@ohsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Congo-Kinshasa, Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Serum 8,12-iso-iPF2α-VI Isoprostane Marker of Oxidative Damage and Cognition Deficits in Children with Konzo

Bumoko G. Makila-Mabe,
Kambale J. Kikandau,
Thérèse M. Sombo,
Daniel L. Okitundu,
Jean-Claude Mwanza,
Michael J. Boivin,
Mumba D. Ngoyi,
Jean-Jacques T. Muyembe,
Jean-Pierre Banea,
Gerard R. Boss

Published: September 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107191

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