Adolescence As Risk Factor for Adverse Pregnancy Outcome in Central Africa – A Cross-Sectional Study

Florian Kurth; Sabine Bélard; Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma; Katharina Schuster; Ayola A. Adegnika; Marielle K. Bouyou-Akotet; Peter G. Kremsner; Michael Ramharter

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014367

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Adolescence As Risk Factor for Adverse Pregnancy Outcome in Central Africa – A Cross-Sectional Study

Florian Kurth,

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Department of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Sabine Bélard,

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma,

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Département de Parasitologie, Mycologie, Médecine Tropicale, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon
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Katharina Schuster,

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Ayola A. Adegnika,

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Marielle K. Bouyou-Akotet,

Affiliation Département de Parasitologie, Mycologie, Médecine Tropicale, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon
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Peter G. Kremsner,

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Michael Ramharter

* E-mail: michael.ramharter@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliations Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambaréné, Gabon, Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Adolescence As Risk Factor for Adverse Pregnancy Outcome in Central Africa – A Cross-Sectional Study

Florian Kurth,
Sabine Bélard,
Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma,
Katharina Schuster,
Ayola A. Adegnika,
Marielle K. Bouyou-Akotet,
Peter G. Kremsner,
Michael Ramharter

Published: December 20, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014367

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