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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: At baseline patients had an increased superoxide release from granulocytes (10. 0 + / - 0. 5, 2. 9 + / - 0. 2, and 1. 5 + / - 0. 1 nmol/L per 10 (6) cells/h for EP, PsA, and donors, respectively), increased copper/zinc-superoxide dismutase and catalase activities in granulocytes in EP patients and decreased in PsA patients, decreased activity of copper/zinc-superoxide dismutase (0. 3 + / - 0. 0, 1. 8 + / - 0. 1, and 2. 2 + / - 0. 2 U/mg protein for EP, PsA, and donors, respectively), and altered activity of catalase in psoriatic epidermis.