The impact of vitamin C supplementation in pregnancy and in vitro upon fetal membrane strength and remodeling

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 685-695

  Mercer, Brian M ^a   Abdelrahim, Adli ^b   Moore, Robert M ^b   Novak, Jillian ^d   Kumar, Deepak ^b   Mansour, Joseph M ^c   Perez Fournier, Marina ^b   Milluzzi, Cynthia J ^a   Moore, John J ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

amnion; Fetal membrane rupture; matrix metalloproteinase; MMP9; vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; GELATINASE B; PLACEBO; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954053043     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110368870     Document Type: Article

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