Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 385-390 , August 2008

Dietary trans fatty acid intake is associated with increased fetal loss

  • John A. Morrison, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • ,
  • Charles J. Glueck, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Jewish Hospital Cholesterol Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: C. J. Glueck, M.D., ABC Building, Cholesterol Center, 3200 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati OH, 45229 (FAX: 513-585-7950).
    • ,
  • Ping Wang, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Jewish Hospital Cholesterol Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

Received 19 April 2007 ,Revised 14 June 2007 ,Accepted 14 June 2007.

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 Supported in part by National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute grant no. HL62394 and the Lipoprotein Research Fund and by the Medical Research Fund, Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01380-5

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.037

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 385-390 , August 2008

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