Progesterone, selected heavy metals and micronutrients in pregnant Nigerian women with a history of recurrent spontaneous abortion

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Ajayi, O O ^a   Charles Davies, Mabel A ^a   Arinola, O G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Oxidative stress; Progesterone; Recurrent spontaneous abortion; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PROGESTERONE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MICRONUTRIENTS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECURRENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VITAMIN E; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864330143     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i2.12     Document Type: Article

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