Malaria and pregnancy: The perspective in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-18

  Bhatti, Maqsood A ^a   Azharuddin, Muhammad ^a   Bhatti, Samreen ^b   Islam, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Muhammad Aslam ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; HALOFANTRINE; HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN MALARIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MEDICAL RECORD; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947575419     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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