Acute-phase proteins in pregnant Sudanese women with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 570-572

  Saad, Alfarazdeg A ^a   Mohamed, Omar E ^a   Ali, AbdelAziem A ^b   Bashir, Ahmed M ^a   Ali, Naji I ^c   Elbashir, Mustafa I ^a   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^c SUDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Sudan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Ferritin; Haptoglobin; Malaria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUDAN; BLOOD; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HAPTOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUDAN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84864799123     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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