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METEOROLOGICAL RELATIONS OF ECLAMPSIA IN LAGOS, NIGERIA
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01269.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 7, pages 706–710, July 1981
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How to Cite
Agobe, J. T., Good, W. and Hancock, K. W. (1981), METEOROLOGICAL RELATIONS OF ECLAMPSIA IN LAGOS, NIGERIA. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 706–710. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01269.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received February 28, 1980/Accepted March 9, 1981.
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Summary
A retrospective study of the meteorological relations of eclampsia in Lagos, Nigeria supports other observations that the incidence of this disease varies significantly with the weather. Protective action by arid conditions is consistent with the known effect of dehydration on convulsions of differing aetiologies and is attributable to increased pulmonary transpirational water loss. Exacerbation of eclampsia by cool, humid conditions may therefore reflect excessive water retention, due partly to suppressed pulmonary transpiration and partly to kidney malfunction in those women.