Obstetrics and Gynecology International
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 807659, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/807659
Research Article

Labor Augmentation with Oxytocin Decreases Glutathione Level

Naomi Schneid-Kofman,1,2 Tali Silberstein,1 Oshra Saphier,3 Iris Shai,4 Dorith Tavor,3 and Ariela Burg3

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-sheva, Israel
2Sansana 507, D.N. Negev3, 85334, Israel
3Department of Chemical Engineering, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Ashdod, Israel
4Department of Epidemiology, The S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Received 7 October 2008; Revised 1 January 2009; Accepted 24 February 2009

Academic Editor: John C. Morrison

Copyright © 2009 Naomi Schneid-Kofman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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