American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 4 , Pages 363.e1-363.e5 , April 2010

Maternal and fetal oxidative stress and intrapartum term fever

Presented orally at the 30th Annual Meeting, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Chicago, IL, Feb. 1-6, 2010. The racing flag logo above indicates that this article was rushed to press for the benefit of the scientific community.

  • Laura Goetzl, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Yefim Manevich, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Chantel Roedner, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Allison Praktish, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Latha Hebbar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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  • Danyelle M. Townsend, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Received 22 November 2009 ,Revised 30 December 2009 ,Accepted 15 January 2010.

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 Cite this article as: Goetzl L, Manevich Y, Roedner C, et al. Maternal and fetal oxidative stress and intrapartum term fever. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:363.e1-5.

 Supported in part by research Grant no. 6-Fy06-311 from the March of Dimes Foundation.

 The racing flag logo above indicates that this article was rushed to press for the benefit of the scientific community.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(10)00064-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.01.034

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 4 , Pages 363.e1-363.e5 , April 2010

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