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Advances in Pharmacological Sciences
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 465634, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/465634
Research Article

Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Personalized Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Emerging Role of Gamma-Glutamyltransferase

Etienne Mokondjimobe,1 Benjamin Longo-Mbenza,2 Jean Akiana,1 Ulrich Oswald Ndalla,1 Regis Dossou-Yovo,1 Joseph Mboussa,1 and Henri-Joseph Parra1

1Faculty of Health Sciences, Anti-Tuberculosis Centre, National Laboratory of Public Health, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo
2Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Private Bag X1, Eastern Cape, Mthatha 5117, South Africa

Received 14 December 2011; Accepted 4 February 2012

Academic Editor: Abdelwahab Omri

Copyright © 2012 Etienne Mokondjimobe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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