Selenium in reproductive health

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Mistry, Hiten D ^a   Broughton Pipkin, Fiona ^b   Redman, Christopher W G ^c   Poston, Lucilla ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antioxidant; pregnancy; reproduction; selenium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SELENIUM TOXICITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TOXICITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84455161023     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.07.034     Document Type: Review

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