Intermittent sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to prevent severe anaemia secondary to malaria in pregnancy: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: In areas of endemic transmission, malaria in pregnancy is associated with severe maternal anaemia and low-birthweight babies. We studied the efficacy of intermittent treatment doses of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in preventing malaria and severe anaemia in pregnancy in a double-blind plac...

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Principais autores: Shulman, C, Dorman, E, Cutts, F, Kawuondo, K, Bulmer, J, Peshu, N, Marsh, K
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 1999