Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 52-58 , January 2007

Placental Oxidative Stress in a Rat Model of Preeclampsia

  • A. Beauséjour

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1C5
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • K. Bibeau

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1C5
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • J.-C. Lavoie

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1C5
    • Department of Paediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • J. St-Louis

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1C5
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • M. Brochu

      Affiliations

    • Research Centre, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1C5
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centre de recherche, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, 3175 Côte Ste-Catherine, Montréal, QC, Canada H3T 1C5. Tel.: +1 514 345 4931x5035; fax: +1 514 345 4801.

,Accepted 7 December 2005.

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☆ This study was supported by grants from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (MOP-74600).

PII: S0143-4004(05)00317-6

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.12.003

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 52-58 , January 2007

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