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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Publicado en:Lancet Vol. 353; no. 9153; pp. 632 - 637
Autores principales: Shulman, C.E., Dorman, E.K., Cutts, F., Kawuondo, K., Bulmer, J.N., Peshu, N., Marsh, K.
Formato: clinical trial research randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Lancet 2/20/1999
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