The case for routinely offering prenatal testing for human immunodeficiency virus

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 793-796

  Minkoff, Howard L ^a   Landesman, Sheldon H ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus; prenatal testing

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0023771599     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(88)80136-4     Document Type: Article

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