Is HTLV-1 status another antenatal screening test that we need?

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 258-260

  Otigbah, C ^a   Kelly, A ^a   Aitken, C ^b   Norman, J ^b   Jeffries, D ^b   Erskine, K J ^b  

^a HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONDON; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031047675     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11057.x     Document Type: Article

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