Protective Role of Melatonin in Neonatal Diseases

Oxidative stress contributes to the severity of several newborn conditions to the extent that Saugstad coined the phrase “oxygen radical diseases of neonatology.” In order to counteract free radicals damage many strategies to augment antioxidant status in ill-term and preterm infants have been propo...

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Main Authors: Gitto, Eloisa, Marseglia, Lucia, Manti, Sara, D'Angelo, Gabriella, Barberi, Ignazio, Salpietro, Carmelo, Reiter, Russel J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852086/