American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 1 , Pages 45.e1-45.e9 , January 2010

Effects of calcium supplementation on uteroplacental and fetoplacental blood flow in low-calcium-intake mothers: a randomized controlled trial

  • Guillermo Carroli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Rosario, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Guillermo Carroli, MD, Pueyrredon 985, Rosario 2000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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  • Mario Merialdi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)/World Health Organization /World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Daniel Wojdyla, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Rosario, Argentina
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  • Edgardo Abalos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Rosario, Argentina
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  • Liana Campodonico, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Rosario, Argentina
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  • Shih-Ern Yao, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)/World Health Organization /World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Rogelio Gonzalez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre for Perinatal Diagnosis, Sotero del Rio Hospital, Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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  • Russell Deter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Marshall Lindheimer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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  • Paul Van Look, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)/World Health Organization /World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Geneva, Switzerland

Received 4 February 2009 ,Revised 15 June 2009 ,Accepted 16 June 2009.

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 This is an ancillary study performed in parallel with the World Health Organization calcium supplementation trial among low-calcium-intake women (Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006;194:639-49).

 Cite this article as: Carroli G, Merialdi M, Wojdyla D, et al. Effects of calcium supplementation on uteroplacental and fetoplacental blood flow in low-calcium-intake mothers: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;202:45.e1-9.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00822-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.07.037

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 202, Issue 1 , Pages 45.e1-45.e9 , January 2010

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