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Magnesium Role in Cytokine Regulation of Hypoxic Placentas Related to Certain Placental Pathology

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This chapter deals with the issue of magnesium and placenta. Our group studied the area of proinflammatory cytokines in phathological conditions during pregnancy and the influence of MgSO4.

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  1. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, 151, Beer Sheva, E84101, Israel

    Tamar Eshkoli M.D.

  2. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

    Valeria Feinshtein M.Sc. (Faculty of Health Sciences)

  3. Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

    Alaa Amash Ph.D. & Mahmoud Huleihel Ph.D. (Associate professor)

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 151, Beer Sheva, E84101, Israel

    Eyal Sheiner M.D., Ph.D. (Faculty of Health Sciences) & Gershon Holcberg M.D. (Faculty of Health Sciences)

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Eshkoli, T., Feinshtein, V., Amash, A., Sheiner, E., Huleihel, M., Holcberg, G. (2013). Magnesium Role in Cytokine Regulation of Hypoxic Placentas Related to Certain Placental Pathology. In: Watson, R., Preedy, V., Zibadi, S. (eds) Magnesium in Human Health and Disease. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-044-1_3

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