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Obstetrics
Reports add new data to obstetrics research
June 23rd, 2005
Data on obstetrics are outlined in reports from South Korea, Denmark and United States. Study 1: Maternal oxidative stress is associated with lower-birth-weight infants in full-term pregnancies, according to a study from South Korea. Y.J. Kim and colleagues, Inha University, Inchon, measured the levels of maternal urinary 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in 261 women pregnant with one child. 8-OH-dG and MDA are biomarkers of oxidative stress. "Among the neonates, 247 births were full-term infants and 14 births were preterm infants," according to the study. The researchers reported,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-23)
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