Seroprevalence of immunity to rubella in pregnant women

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 248-249

  Padmaja, M ^a   Radhakrishna Pillai, M ^b   Varghese, Sam John ^c  

^a National Institute of Speech and Hearing   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERATOGENICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RUBELLA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77957060169     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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