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Selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss : is there an association?
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
2015
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| author | Thomas, Viju |
| author2 | van der Spuy, Zephne Margaret |
| author_browse | Thomas, Viju van der Spuy, Zephne Margaret |
| author_facet | van der Spuy, Zephne Margaret Thomas, Viju |
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| description | Includes abstract. |
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| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12219 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
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| publishDate | 2015 |
| publishDateRange | 2015 |
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| publisher | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12219 Selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss : is there an association? Thomas, Viju van der Spuy, Zephne Margaret Obstetrics and Gynaecology Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-67). Miscarriage is the commonest complication of pregnancy and affects 12-31% of all conceptions. About 1% of all couples trying to conceive will have recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Several causes for RPL have been documented and these include chromosomal abnormalities, peas, thrombophilias and anatomical anomalies such as cervical incompetence. In many couples the aetiology of the pregnancy loss is often not defined but nutritional deficiencies have been postulated as possible causes. In particular selenium deficiency is associated with reproductive failure in animals and, more recently, in some human studies. This study was undertaken to assess the selenium levels in women with RPL without an identified cause. 2015-01-15T11:27:08Z 2015-01-15T11:27:08Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12219 eng application/pdf Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Obstetrics and Gynaecology Thomas, Viju Selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss : is there an association? |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss : is there an association? |
| title_full | Selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss : is there an association? |
| title_fullStr | Selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss : is there an association? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss : is there an association? |
| title_short | Selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss : is there an association? |
| title_sort | selenium levels and recurrent pregnancy loss is there an association |
| topic | Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12219 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT thomasviju seleniumlevelsandrecurrentpregnancylossisthereanassociation |