Plasma levels of vitamin E in pregnant women prior to the development of preeclampsia and other hypertensive complications

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 26-30

  Ben Haroush, Avi ^a   Harell, Daniella ^a   Hod, Moshe ^a   Bardin, Ron ^a   Kaplan, Boris ^a   Orvieto, Raoul ^a   Bar, Jacob ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Pathogenesis, preeclampsia; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0036386889     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064693     Document Type: Article

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