Does vitamin C and vitamin e supplementation prolong the latency period before delivery following the preterm premature rupture of membranes? A randomized controlled study

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-201

  Gungorduk, Kemal ^a   Asicioglu, Osman ^b   Gungorduk, Ozgu Celikkol ^c   Yildirim, Gokhan ^b   Besimoǧlu, Berhan ^b   Ark, Cemal ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Istanbul Bakirkoy Women and Children Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Kiziltepe State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

PPROM; pregnancy; vitamin C; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY LATENCY PERIOD; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETERS CONCERNING THE FETUS, NEWBORN AND PREGNANCY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896714591     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1343774     Document Type: Article

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