Zinc and reproduction: Effects of zinc deficiency on prenatal and early postnatal development

Birth Defects Research Part B - Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-325

  Uriu Adams, Janet Y ^a   Keen, Carl L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Embryo; Pregnancy; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA HEDERIN; ARSENIC; EDETIC ACID; MELPHALAN; MERCAPTOPURINE; THALIDOMIDE; VALPROIC ACID; ZINC;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EMBRYOTOXICITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TERATOGENESIS; TERATOGENICITY; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ZINC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77955876742     PISSN: 15429733     EISSN: 15429741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrb.20264     Document Type: Review

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