Placental malarial infection as a risk factor for hypertensive disorders during pregnancy in Africa: A case-control study in an urban area of Senegal, West Africa

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 847-853

  Ndao, C T ^a   Dumont, A ^a   Fievet, N ^a   Doucoure, S ^a   Gaye, A ^b   Lehesran, J Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b Roi Baudouin Maternity Health Centre   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Africa; Hypertension; Malaria; Placenta; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Senegal

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; HYPERTENSION; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLACENTAL MALARIAL INFECTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MALARIA; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLACENTA DISEASES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SENEGAL;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 70349485199     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp207     Document Type: Article

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