Mother-to-infant transmission of hepatitis C virus

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 368-372

  Chang, Mei Hwei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0029828305     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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