α+-Thalassaemia and pregnancy in a malaria endemic region of Papua New Guinea

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-241

  O'Donnell, A ^a,b,c   Raiko, A ^c   Clegg, J B ^b   Weatherall, D J ^b   Allen, S J ^b,c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

+ thalassaemia; Anaemia; Low birthweight; Malaria; Papua New Guinea; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEWBORN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY;

EID: 33748753549     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06274.x     Document Type: Article

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