Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 886-892 , October 2010

Alpha-lipoic acid inhibits thrombin-induced fetal membrane weakening in vitro

  • R.M. Moore

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • F. Schatz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • D. Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • B.M. Mercer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • A. Abdelrahim

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • N. Rangaswamy

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • C. Bartel

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • J.M. Mansour

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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  • C.J. Lockwood

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • J.J. Moore

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics and Reproductive Biology, CWRU, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. Tel.: +1 216 778 5909; fax: +1 216 778 3252.

,Accepted 23 July 2010.

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☆ Location where study was performed: MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Presentation: Presented at the Annual Meeting of the SGI, Orlando Fl, March 25, 2010.

PII: S0143-4004(10)00281-X

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.07.012

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 886-892 , October 2010

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