Pattern of hepatitis virus infection among pregnant women and their newborns at the Women's Health Center of Assiut University, Upper Egypt

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-174

  Zahran, Kamal M ^a   Badary, Mohamad S ^a   Agban, Michael N ^a   Abdel Aziz, Nafesa H R ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hepatitis vaccine; Hepatitis virus; Pregnancy; Upper Egypt; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEP.BIG; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; LIVER ENZYME; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MARKER; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77957783524     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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