Hepatitis C virus infection in pregnancy and the risk of mother-to-child transmission

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-124

  Polywka, S ^a   Feucht, H ^a   Zollner B ^a   Laufs, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DELIVERY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ABNORMALITIES; BREAST FEEDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0030991119     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709470     Document Type: Article

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