Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in methadone-maintained mothers and their infants

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 535-538

  Liu, Anthony J W ^a   An, Ethan I ^a   Murray, Henry G ^b   Tetstall, Emma ^a   Leroi, Marcel J ^b   Nanan, Ralph K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; METHADONE; RNA; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SEROLOGY; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHADONE; NEONATAL SCREENING; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77449095637     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb03305.x     Document Type: Article

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