Effect of self-medication with antimalarial drugs on malaria infection in pregnant women in south-western Nigeria

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-9

  Akanbi, O M ^a,b   Odaibo, A B ^b   Afolabi, K A ^c   Ademowo, O G ^b  

^a ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Ade Oyo Maternity State Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chloroquine; Multigravidae; Packed cell volume; Pregnancy; Primigravidae; Pyrimethamine; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 12544251384     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081915     Document Type: Article

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