Pregnancy outcomes in women with or without placental malaria infection

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-232

  Kassam, S N ^a   Nesbitt, S ^b   Hunt, L P ^a   Oster, N ^c   Soothill, P ^a   Sergi, C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Gertrude's Garden Childrens' Hospital   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Genome; Histology; Malaria; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33646943222     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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