Hepatitis C virus infection in pregnancy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 325-329

  Floreani, A ^a   Paternoster, D ^b   Zappala F ^a   Cusinato, R ^b   Bombi, G ^b   Grella, P ^b   Chiaramonte, M ^a  

^a Inst of Int Med and Metab Dis   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0029882151     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09736.x     Document Type: Article

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