The correlation between plasma homocysteine and malondialdehyde levels in preeclampsia

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 445-448

  Tug, Niyazi ^a   Celik, Husnu ^a   Cikim, Gurkan ^a   Ozcelik, Oguz ^a   Ayar, Ahmet ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Malondialdehyde; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345801012     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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