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The response of the dietary anti-oxidants vitamin E and vitamin C to oxidative stress in pre-eclampsia

R. S. BOWEN M. MARS A. A. CHUTURGOON M. F. DUTTON J. MOODLEY Department of Physiology and 2MRC/UN Pregnancy Hypertension Research Unit, University of Natal Medical School, Durban, South Africa
Pages 9-13 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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