Thrombocytopaenia in pregnant women with malaria on the Thai-Burmese border

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tan, Saw Oo ^a   McGready, Rose ^a,b,c   Zwang, Julien ^a   Pimanpanarak, Mupawjay ^a   Sriprawat, Kanlaya ^a   Thwai, Kyaw Lai ^a   Moo, Yoe ^a   Ashley, Elizabeth A ^a   Edwards, Bridget ^a   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^b   White, Nicholas J ^b,c   Nosten, François ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; CLINDAMYCIN; QUININE SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; MYANMAR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 55349127882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-209     Document Type: Article

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