Pregnancy and hepatitis C virus infection

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-47

  Paternoster, D ^a,b   Santarossa, C ^a   Vettore, N ^a   Fabris, F ^a   Palu, G ^a   Boschetto, R ^a   Floreani, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Clin di Ostet e Ginecol via G   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Pregnancy outcome; Risk factors; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0034006369     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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