The impact of placental malaria on gestational age and birth weight

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1740-1745

  Menendez, Clara ^a,b,e   Ordi, J ^a   Ismail, M R ^b   Ventura, P J ^a   Aponte, J J ^a   Kahigwa, E ^c,d   Font, F ^a,c   Alonso, P L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Eduardo Mondlane   (Mozambique)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d St Francis Designated District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FIBRIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; ODDS RATIO; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TANZANIA;

EID: 0034048195     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315449     Document Type: Article

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