Influence of latent 'asymptomatic' toxoplasmosis on body weight of pregnant women

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-204

  Flegr, Jaroslav ^a   Hrdá, Štěpánka ^a   Kodym, Petr ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gravidity; Latent toxoplasmosis; Parasite; Pathology; Permutation test; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 26244432141     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2005.026     Document Type: Article

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