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Evaluation of oxidative stress in some cases of argimone oil poisoning during a recent outbreak of epidemic dropsy in India

B.D. Banerjee Department of Biochemistry; University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University of Delhi, Shahdara, Delhi, 110095, India
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Vandana Seth Department of Biochemistry; University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University of Delhi, Shahdara, Delhi, 110095, India
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B.C. Koner Department of Biochemistry, Jawharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondichery, 605006, India
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Rafat S. Ahmed Department of Biochemistry; University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University of Delhi, Shahdara, Delhi, 110095, India
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Meenakshi Sharma Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, National Institute of Communicable Disease, 22 Shyamnath Marg, Delhi, 110054, India
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S.S. Grover Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, National Institute of Communicable Disease, 22 Shyamnath Marg, Delhi, 110054, India
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R.S. Rautala Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, National Institute of Communicable Disease, 22 Shyamnath Marg, Delhi, 110054, India
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R. Avasthi Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University of Dehli, Shahdara, Delhi, 110095, India
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S.T. Pasha Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, National Institute of Communicable Disease, 22 Shyamnath Marg, Delhi, 110054, India
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