Serological and virological profile of chronic HBV infected women at reproductive age in Greece. A two-year single center study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-203

  Elefsiniotis, Ioannis S ^a   Glynou, Irene ^b   Brokalaki, Hero ^a   Magaziotou, Ioanna ^b   Pantazis, Konstantinos D ^a   Fotiou, Aikaterini ^b   Liosis, George ^b   Kada, Helen ^b   Saroglou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

HBeAg; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B; Reproductive age; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 34249320877     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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