Clinical significance of hepatitis b surface antigen in cord blood of hepatitis B e-antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B virus-infected mothers

Intervirology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-134

  Elefsiniotis, I S ^a,b   Papadakis, M ^a   Vlahos, G ^a   Daskalakis, G ^a   Saroglou, G ^a   Antsaklis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b 'Elena Venizelou' Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ACTIVE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 66049110652     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000219852     Document Type: Article

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