Free radicals and antioxidants status in neonates with congenital malformation

• Main Authors: Bedabrata Mukhopadhyay (Author), Ajay Narayan Gongopadhyay (Author), Anjali Rani (Author), Roshni Gavel (Author), Surendra Pratap Mishra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Several studies using animal models have shown that oxidative stress during pregnancy may play an important role in causing birth defects. Congenital anomalies affect an estimated 270,000 newborns who die during the first 28 days of life every year from different birth defects. Hence, at...