Visceral leishmaniasis and pregnancy: Analysis of cases reported in a central-western region of Brazil

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-16

  Figueiró Filho, Ernesto A ^a   El Beitune, Patrícia ^b   Queiroz, Gustavo T ^a   Somensi, Renato S ^a   Morais, Natally O ^a   Dorval, Maria Elizabeth C ^a   Quintana, Silvana Maria ^c   Duarte, Geraldo ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Tropical disease; Vertical transmission; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DELIVERY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SYMPTOM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 44449122443     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-007-0532-0     Document Type: Article

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