Should all pregnant women be screened for syphilis?

Women's Health

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 547-555

  Buvé, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcome; Cost effectiveness; Screening; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; REAGIN TEST; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 35848948209     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17455057.3.5.547     Document Type: Article

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