dc.contributor.author | Onuonga, Chris O | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T06:30:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T06:30:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1985 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Master of Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25080 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fasting serum lipids were serially measured in a group
of 7 women desirous of using depotmedroxyprogesterone
acetate (DMPA) and 8 women who had been using (DMPA). for
more than 5 years but less than 6 years. This was done
to cover one cycle of DMPA injection of 92 days. The
parameters covered were serum triglycerides, total
cholesterol, free cholesterol, high density lipoprotein
(HDL) cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (L.D.L.) cholesterol,
Very low density lipoprotein (V.L.D.L.) cholesterol and
phospholipids. The aim of the study was to find out if
this contraceptive affected the levels of these lipids,
particularly HDL - cholesterol, with prolonged use.
There was no significant change in the lipids in new users
but there was marked differences in the levels of HDL -
cholesterol in the group thatahad used DMPA for more than
five years. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Obstetric and gynaecological case records and commentaries | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
local.publisher | School of Medicine | en |