Glutathione S-transferase alpha levels in epileptic and healthy women preconceptionally and throughout pregnancy

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 89-92

  Zusterzeel, Petra L M ^a   Knapen, Maarten F C M ^a   Roes, Eva Maria ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine P M ^a   Peters, Wilbert H M ^a   Merkus, Hans M W M ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Glutathione S transferase; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032807160     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010146     Document Type: Article

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