Malaria during pregnancy and foetal haematological status in Blantyre, Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Abrams, Elizabeth T ^a   Kwiek, Jesse J ^b   Mwapasa, Victor ^c   Kamwendo, Deborah D ^d   Tadesse, Eyob ^c   Lema, Valentino M ^c   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^c,e   Rogerson, Stephen J ^c,f   Meshnick, Steven R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS OUTCOME; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FERRITINS; FETAL BLOOD; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALAWI; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 25444486427     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-4-39     Document Type: Article

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