Effect of chloroquine prophylaxis during pregnancy on maternal haematocrit

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-43

  Cot, M ^a,e   Le Hesran, J Y ^a   Miailhes, P ^a   Roisin, A ^b   Fievet, N ^a   Barro, D ^b   Etya'ale, D ^c   Deloron, P ^d   Carnevale, P ^a   Breart, G ^d  

^a Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b USAID ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c Enongal Hospital   (Cameroon)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; CAMEROON; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TROPICS;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 14444281988     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989860157     Document Type: Article

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