Should anti-HCV positive mothers be allowed to breast feed?

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-5

  Resti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOSTRUM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EDITORIAL; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EUROPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0036488733     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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