The silent infection: Should we be testing for perinatal hepatitis C and, if so, how?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 54-55

  Hardikar, Winita ^a   Elliott, Elizabeth J ^b   Jones, Cheryl A ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BODY PIERCING; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EDITORIAL; ERADICATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NEWBORN SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL SCREENING; SUPERINFECTION; TATTOO; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 31744442779     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00114.x     Document Type: Editorial

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