Routine antenatal syphilis screening in South West Nigeria - a questionable practice
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Routine Antenatal Syphilis Screening in South West Nigeria- a Questionable Practice
BACKGROUND Untreated maternal syphilis is strongly associated with adverse birth outcomes, especially in women with high titre syphilis. The WHO recommends routine serological screening in pregnancy. Some workers have advised a reappraisal of this practice, having demonstrated low sero-prevalence in their antenatal population. In view of this, the aim of this study was to determine the seroprev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1597-1627
DOI: 10.4314/aipm.v8i1.63952