[The antioxidant status of children with congenital cleft lip and (or) palate]. / Antioksidantnyi status detei s vrozhdennymi rasshchelinami guby i (ili) neba.

Lipid peroxidation (LPO) parameters, Schiff's bases and diene conjugates (DC), as well as endogenous antioxidant system parameters, blood serum alpha-tocopherol were examined in 22 children with cleft lips and/or palates and their parents. DC LPO processes were found intensified in both children and their parents. Various DC levels were detected in probands: normal in 4 and significantly elevated (p less than 0.001) in 18 children. A group of children with intensified LPO processes and a reduced level of endogenous antioxidant activity was distinguished, that appears to be a risk group in respect of postoperative complications and therefore is in need of adequate preoperative antioxidant correcting therapy.