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Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia in the first half of pregnancy, uterine and umbilical artery blood flow, and foetal growth: a longitudinal Doppler ultrasound study

BACKGROUND: During early pregnancy, the placenta develops to meet the metabolic demands of the foetus. The objective of this analysis was to examine the effect of malaria parasitaemia prior to 20 weeks’ gestation on subsequent changes in uterine and umbilical artery blood flow and intrauterine growt...

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Autores principales: Griffin, Jennifer B, Lokomba, Victor, Landis, Sarah H, Thorp, John M, Herring, Amy H, Tshefu, Antoinette K, Rogerson, Stephen J, Meshnick, Steven R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3496585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22963509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-319