Selenium Supplementation and the Incidence of Preeclampsia in Pregnant Iranian Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial

• Main Authors: Fatemeh Tara (Author), Gholamali Maamouri (Author), Margaret P. Rayman (Author), Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan (Author), Amirhossein Sahebkar (Author), Omid Yazarlu (Author), Shaida Ouladan (Author), Shima Tavallaie (Author), Mohsen Azimi-Nezhad (Author), Mohammad T. Shakeri (Author), Hasan Boskabadi (Author), Mohammadreza Oladi (Author), Maryam Teimoori Sangani (Author), Behjat S. Razavi (Author), Gordon Ferns (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Recent studies have reported that antioxidant status, including serum selenium concentrations, is altered in women who develop preeclampsia. We wished to examine the effects of selenium supplementation in the prevention of preeclampsia in high-risk pregnant women. Design: We carried out a...