ABO blood group system and placental malaria in an area of unstable malaria transmission in eastern Sudan

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Adam, Ishag ^a   Babiker, Saud ^b   Mohmmed, Ahmed A ^c   Salih, Magdi M ^a   Prins, Martin H ^d   Zaki, Zaki M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ALZAIEM ALAZHARI UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^c NATIONAL RIBAT UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MULTIPARA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIPARA; SUDAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN;

EID: 34648823470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-110     Document Type: Article

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