Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 31-38 , January 2007

Prenatal Vitamin C Status is Associated with Placental Apoptosis in Normal-term Human Pregnancies

  • Y.M. Ahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Ewha Womans University Medical College, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Y.J. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Ewha Womans University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Ewha Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • H. Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Ewha Womans University Medical College, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Ewha Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • B. Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Ewha Womans University Medical College, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • H. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Ewha Womans University Medical College, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Ewha Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anatomy, Ewha Womans University Medical College and Ewha Medical Research Center, Mok 6 Dong, Yangcheon Gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea. Tel.: 82-2-2650-5715; fax: 82-2-2650-5711.

,Accepted 25 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.01.018

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 31-38 , January 2007

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