Vitamins C and E: Missing links in preventing preterm premature rupture of membranes?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-10

  Woods Jr , James R ^a   Plessinger, Mark A ^a   Miller, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Preterm premature rupture of membranes; Reactive oxygen species; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COCAINE; COLLAGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034924860     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2001.115868     Document Type: Article

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