Maternal infusion of antioxidants (Trolox and ascorbic acid) protects the fetal heart in rabbit fetal hypoxia

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 499-503

  Tan, Sidhartha ^a,e   Liu, Yun Ying ^a   Nielsen, Vance G ^b   Skinner, Kelly ^c   Kirk, Katharine A ^d   Baldwin, Steven T ^a   Parks, Dale A ^a,b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; TROLOX C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FETUS; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030068984     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199603000-00019     Document Type: Article

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