Prevalence of hepatitis B among pregnant women and its impact on pregnancy and newborn complications at a tertiary Hospital in the eastern part of Germany

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Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 76-82

  Lobstein, Simon ^a,b   Faber, Renaldo ^c   Tillmann, Hans L ^b,d  

^a Municipal Hospital of Dresden Neustadt   (Germany)

^b Second Department of Medicine   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B virus prevalence; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958575196     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320455     Document Type: Article

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