Vitamin E and carotene status in pre-eclamptic pregnant women from India

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 261-264

  Mohindra, A ^a   Kabi, B C ^a,b   Kaul, N ^a   Trivedi, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carotene; India; Pre eclampsia; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAROTENOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; METABOLISM; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CAROTENOIDS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0036715552     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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