Includes abstract. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-75). / Pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in South Africa. At present this disease cannot be prevented and many interventions to reduce the incidence of pre-eclampsia have been investigated. Calcium supplementation of pregnant women at high risk of developing pre-eclampsia has been shown to be of some benefit in reducing the incidence of the disease, with the greatest benefit seen in low dietary calcium settings. While serum calcium is an unreliable indicator of chronic calcium status, hair analysis is an accurate and well documented method of determining long-term micronutrient status.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/11528 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Richards, Dominic G D |
| Contributors | van der Spuy, Zephne Margaret |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MMed |
| Format | application/pdf |
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