Helicobacter pylori, anemia, iron deficiency and thrombocytopenia among pregnant women at Khartoum, Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 380-384

  Mubarak, Nahla ^a   Gasim, Gasim I ^b   Khalafalla, Khalifa E ^c   Ali, Naj I ^d   Adam, Ishag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Rayan Specified laboratory Khartoum   (Sudan)

^d Sudan Academy of Science   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Helicobacter pylori; Pregnancy; Sudan; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SUDAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUDAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900817827     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru044     Document Type: Article

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