The effects of vitamin C supplementation on pre-eclampsia in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda: A randomized placebo controlled clinical trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kiondo, Paul ^a   Wamuyu Maina, Gakenia ^a   Wandabwa, Julius ^b   Bimenya, Gabriel S ^a   Tumwesigye, Nazarius M ^a   Okong, Pius ^c  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO; ANTIOXIDANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STILLBIRTH; UGANDA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STILLBIRTH; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906836713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-283     Document Type: Article

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