Vitamins C and E inhibit apoptosis of cultured human term placenta trophoblast.

Preeclampsia can be lethal to both mother and baby. The prominent symptoms of this syndrome are hypertension, proteinuria and oedema, resulting from an exaggerated aseptic systemic inflammatory response, triggered by placental factors shed into the maternal circulation. Syncytiotrophoblast micropart...

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Main Authors: Tannetta, D, Sargent, I, Linton, E, Redman, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008