Haemozoin as a marker of placental parasitization

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 644-646

  McGready, Rose ^a,b,c   Brockman, Alan ^a,b   Cho, Thein ^a   Levesque, Martin A ^d   Tkachuk, Ariana N ^d   Meshnick, Steven R ^d   Nosten, François ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Haemozoin; Malaria; Pregnancy; Thai Burmese border

Indexed keywords

HEMOZOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MYANMAR; PARASITOSIS; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THAILAND; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036881123     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90339-1     Document Type: Article

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