Hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women and its transmission to infants

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 352-354

  Sharma, Rajyashri ^a,b   Malik, Abida ^a,b   Rattan, Ashok ^a,b   Iraqi, Azra ^a,b   Maheshwari, Veena ^a,b,c   Dhawan, Ritu ^a,b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Avantika Phase II   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030461888     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.6.352     Document Type: Article

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