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- Title
Ultrasound evidence of early fetal growth restriction after maternal malaria infection.
- Authors
Rijken, Marcus J; Papageorghiou, Aris T; Thiptharakun, Supan; Kiricharoen, Suporn; Dwell, Saw Lu Mu; Wiladphaingern, Jacher; Pimanpanarak, Mupawjay; Kennedy, Stephen H; Nosten, François; McGready, Rose
- Abstract
Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT), the main strategy to prevent malaria and reduce anaemia and low birthweight, focuses on the second half of pregnancy. However, intrauterine growth restriction may occur earlier in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to measure the effects of malaria in the first half of pregnancy by comparing the fetal biparietal diameter (BPD) of infected and uninfected women whose pregnancies had been accurately dated by crown rump length (CRL) before 14 weeks of gestation.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 2, pe31411
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0031411