Vitamins C and e for the prevention of pre-eclampsia: Time to give up the ghost

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1416-1417

  Talaulikar, V ^a   Manyonda, I ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN E;

EID: 68849116719     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02280.x     Document Type: Letter

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