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FOLIC ACID IN THE MANAGEMENT OF β‐THALASSAEMIA MINOR DURING PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Hegde U. M.,
Khunda S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1974.tb00432.x
Subject(s) - folic acid , pregnancy , medicine , obstetrics , pediatrics , gynecology , biology , genetics
Summary Haematological and obstetrical data were collected from 32 pregnant women with β‐thalassaemia minor. Twenty of these were given folate supplements throughout pregnancy; the remainder did not receive folic acid. Folic acid did not affect the course of anaemia and there was no statistical difference in the haematological parameters in the two groups, both in the antenatal and the immediate postnatal period. There was no excess of obstetrical complications in either of the two groups.