Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 439-443 , May 2008

Placental Anti-Oxidant Gene Polymorphisms, Enzyme Activity, and Oxidative Stress in Preeclampsia

  • J. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Building 6100 Room 7B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • M. Masciocchi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Building 6100 Room 7B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • ,
  • D. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, PO Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA
    • ,
  • W. Sun

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Building 6100 Room 7B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • ,
  • A. Liu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Building 6100 Room 7B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • ,
  • Y. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, PO Box 33932, Shreveport, LA 71130, USA

,Accepted 21 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.02.012

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 439-443 , May 2008

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