Pregnancy outcome following high doses of Vitamin E supplementation

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-88

  Boskovic, Rada ^a   Gargaun, Liubov ^a   Oren, Dana ^a   Djulus, Josephine ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

High Dose; Pregnancy Outcome; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OMPHALOCELE; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 16244403648     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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