The effects of inadvertent exposure of mefloquine chemoprophylaxis on pregnancy outcomes and infants of US army servicewomen

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 831-833

  Smoak, Bonnie L ^b   Writer, James V ^a   Keep, Lisa W ^c   Cowan, Jane ^d   Chantelois, Judith L ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b US Army Medical Research Unit Kenya   (United States)

^c Army Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

^d US Army Medical Department Activity ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TERATOGENICITY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0030799603     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517315     Document Type: Article

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