Open AccessCesarean delivery in preeclampsia and seasonal variation in a tropical rainforest belt
Author(s) -
Ugochukwu Vincent Okafor,
HU Ezegwui
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.62431
Subject(s) - medicine , preeclampsia , eclampsia , wet season , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , dry season , obstetrics , retrospective cohort study , cesarean delivery , surgery , ecology , genetics , physics , optics , biology
The pathogenesis of preeclampsia is poorly understood and recent evidence suggests that the incidence varies depending upon the season.