Effect of early detection and treatment on malaria related maternal mortality on the north-western border of thailand 1986-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  McGready, Rose ^a,b,c   Boel, Machteld ^a   Rijken, Marcus J ^a   Ashley, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c   Cho, Thein ^a   Moo, Oh ^a   Paw, Moo Koh ^a   Pimanpanarak, Mupawjay ^a   Hkirijareon, Lily ^a   Carrara, Verena I ^a   Lwin, Khin Maung ^a   Phyo, Aung Pyae ^a   Turner, Claudia ^a,b,c   Chu, Cindy S ^a   van Vugt, Michele ^a,b,d   Price, Richard N ^c,e   Luxemburger, Christine ^a   ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a,f   Tan, Saw Oo ^a   Proux, Stephane ^a   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^b   White, Nicholas J ^b,c   Nosten, François H ^a,b,c   more..

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYANMAR; NEWBORN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; STROKE; THAILAND; THROMBOSIS;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MATERNAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFUGEES; SEPSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 84864011803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040244     Document Type: Article

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