Reduced collagen and ascorbic acid concentrations and increased proteolytic susceptibility with prelabor fetal membrane rupture in women

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 230-235

  Stuart, Emma L ^a   Evans, Gareth S ^a   Lin, Yu Shan ^a   Powers, Hilary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN; MALONALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; NEWBORN INFECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ASCORBIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 10944249035     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.033381     Document Type: Article

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