[The activity of erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase in chronic renal failure (author's transl)].

In 18 patients with terminal chronic renal failure on twice weekly maintenance hemodialysis, the predialysis activity of glutathione peroxidase was not impaired but rather slightly but slightly elevated when compared with healthy controls (2.7 versus 2.1 units/p less than 0.01). This was attributed to the reduced mean cell age.