Anemia in Pregnancy

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-259

  Lee, Alfred Ian ^a   Okam, Maureen M ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; B12 deficiency; Folate; Iron deficiency; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARTESUNATE PLUS MEFLOQUINE; ASCORBIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLOROQUINE PLUS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE PLUS MEPACRINE; CLINDAMYCIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRIC GLUCONATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE SUCROSE; FERUMOXYTOL; FOLIC ACID; HAPTOCORRIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEPCIDIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; IRON; IRON DEXTRAN; MEBENDAZOLE; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE SULFATE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATION PERIOD; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMOGLOBIN BART DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN E THALASSEMIA; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE INFECTION; PLASMODIUM OVALE MALARIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THALASSEMIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHURIASIS;

ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PLASMA VOLUME; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SEPSIS;

EID: 79953063727     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2011.02.001     Document Type: Review

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