Research Article
Oxidative Stress Is Differentially Present in Multiple Sclerosis Courses, Early Evident, and Unrelated to Treatment
Table 3
Oxidative stress markers’ distributions in MS patients and HC.
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Data are expressed as mean ± SD. MS: multiple sclerosis; PP: primary progressive; SP: secondary progressive; RR: relapsing-remitting; BB: benign; HC: healthy controls. : comparing all MS patients with HC (Student’s -test was used); : each disease course was compared with HC: only BB were significantly different from HC, (ANOVA was used). CoQ10: a potent antioxidant involved in energy metabolism was lower in MS patients than in HC subjects () (Figure 1(a)). |