The effect of malarial infection on maternal-fetal outcome in Ecuador

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-105

  Espinoza, E ^a   Hidalgo, L ^a   Chedraui, Peter ^a,b  

^a Enrique C Sotomayor Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Anemia; Gestational complications; Malaria; Plasmodium; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILL; DRUG EFFICACY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 27344459598     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/147670500231989     Document Type: Review

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