Vitamins C and E in the latency period in women with preterm premature rupture of membranes

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-20

  Borna, S ^a   Borna, H ^b   Daneshbodie, B ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Vali e Asr Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Latency period; Preterm; Preterm premature rupture of membranes; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 21344440738     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

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