General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 418-423 , September 2006

The role of oxidative stress in postoperative delirium

  • Rifat Karlidag, M.D.

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    • Psychiatry Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, 44090 Malatya, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 422 341 07 87; fax: +90 422 341 07 88.
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  • Suheyla Unal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, 44090 Malatya, Turkey
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  • Ozlem H. Sezer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, 44090 Malatya, Turkey
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  • Aysun Bay Karabulut, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Biochemistry Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, 44090 Malatya, Turkey
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  • Bektaş Battaloğlu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, 44090 Malatya, Turkey
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  • Abdülkadir But, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesiology Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, 44090 Malatya, Turkey
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  • Cemal Ozcan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Department, Inonu University Medical Faculty, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Research Hospital, 44090 Malatya, Turkey

Received 22 July 2005 ,Accepted 14 June 2006.

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General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 418-423 , September 2006

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