HIV-associated maternal mortality - Primary causes of death at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-366

  Ramogale, M R ^a   Moodley, J ^a   Sebitloane, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34249778082     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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