Pregnancy outcomes among Palestinian refugee women with sickle cell trait in Damascus, Syria

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 986-990

  Abdulsalam, Asma A ^a   Bashour, Hyam N ^a,c   Monem, Fawza S ^a   Hamadeh, Fathi M ^b  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b Hlth Ctr UN Relief/Works Agency   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c NONE   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFUGEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ARABS; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUGEES; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SYRIA;

EID: 0141961033     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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