Effect of administration of antihelminthics for soil transmitted helminths during pregnancy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Haider, Batool A ^a   Humayun, Quratulain ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BCG VACCINE; CALCIUM; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FERROUS GLUCONATE; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; MEBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL; TETANUS TOXOID;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME; TABLET; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHURIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 70349245022     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005547.pub2     Document Type: Review

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