The vitamin E debate: Implications for ongoing trials of pre-eclampsia prevention

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 684-688

  Fraser, William D ^a   Audibert, Francois ^a   Bujold, Emmanuel ^a   Leduc, Line ^a   Xu, Hairong ^a   Boulvain, Michel ^b   Julien, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 20744460059     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00675.x     Document Type: Note

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