Exposure to artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem®) in first trimester pregnancy in an observational study in Zambia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Manyando, Christine ^a,b   Njunju, Eric M ^a,b   Virtanen, Mailis ^c   Hamed, Kamal ^c   Gomes, Melba ^d   Van Geertruyden, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA; DRUG COMBINATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84928672816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0578-6     Document Type: Article

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