Table 18.3: Pathological conditions that may entail free-radical injury

Atherogenesis

Emphysema; bronchitis

Parkinson disease

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Cervical cancer

Alcoholic liver disease

Diabetes

Acute renal failure

Down syndrome

Retrolental fibroplasia (conversion of the retina into a fibrous mass in premature infants)

Cerebrovascular disorders

Ischemia; reperfusion injury

Information from Michael Lieberman and Allan D. Marks, Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach, 4th ed. (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2012), p. 437.