SERUM LIPIDS AND FIBRINOLYTIC ACTIVITY IN PREGNANT AFRICAN, ASIAN AND EUROPEAN WOMEN IN UGANDA

  1. P. Damani1,
  2. D. Macintosh1,
  3. Ila Patel1,
  4. Hansa Patel2,
  5. W. L. Stafford2,
  6. A. G. Shaper1

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb11892.x

Issue

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 79, Issue 12, pages 1095–1098, December 1972

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Damani, P., Macintosh, D., Patel, I., Patel, H., Stafford, W. L. and Shaper, A. G. (1972), SERUM LIPIDS AND FIBRINOLYTIC ACTIVITY IN PREGNANT AFRICAN, ASIAN AND EUROPEAN WOMEN IN UGANDA. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 79: 1095–1098. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb11892.x

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  1. 1

    WHO Cardiovascular Research, Unit Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda

  2. 2

    the department of Biochemistry, Unit Makerere University Medical School, Kampala, Uganda

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  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

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Summary

Fibrinolytic activity is known to be markedly diminished during pregnancy. Blood lipids are also significantly altered during pregnancy but to a different extent in different ethnic groups in Uganda. A study of fibrinolytic activity and blood lipids in African, Asian and European women (non-pregnant and pregnant) showed no relationship between the changes in these two parameters and did not suggest that altered blood lipid levels are responsible for abnormal fibrinolytic activity in pregnancy.

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