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Oxidative stress is present in atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease and further increased by diabetes mellitus.

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1995

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J. J. F. Belch, I.R. Mackay, Alexander J. Hill, P.E. Jennings, P T McCollum
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Abstract

These data confirm the oxidative stress that exists in atherosclerotic peripheral arterial disease and suggest that diabetic patients with microangiopathy have an increase in this oxidative stress which may contribute to their early development of atherosclerosis.