Placental malondialdehyde and glutathione levels in a controlled trial of antioxidant treatment in severe preeclampsia

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-295

  Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^a   Oosthuizen, Mathys M J ^b   Hofmeyr, G Justus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antioxidant therapy; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030469372     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959609009589     Document Type: Article

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