Low whole blood glutathione levels in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and diabetes

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 179-183

  Kharb, Simmi ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glutathione; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CREATININE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; URIC ACID;

EID: 0034113389     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(99)00253-3     Document Type: Article

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