Beneficial impact of term labor: Nonenzymatic antioxidant reserve in the human fetus

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Buhimschi, Irina A ^a,c   Buhimschi, Catalin S ^a   Pupkin, Marcos ^b   Weiner, Carl P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonenzymatic antioxidant reserve; Oxygen derived free radical

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL LYSATE; CESAREAN SECTION; COLORIMETRY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038675043     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.357     Document Type: Article

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