Impaired uteroplacental blood flow in pregnancies complicated by falciparum malaria

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-170

  Dorman, E K ^a,f   Shulman, C E ^a,b   Kingdom, J ^e   Bulmer, J N ^d   Mwendwa, J ^a   Peshu, N ^a   Marsh, K ^a,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Doppler; Malaria; Placenta; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PERINATAL DEATH; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0036128699     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7692.2001.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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