The management of HCV-infected pregnant women

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 92-97

  Valladares, Guillermo ^a   Sjogren, Maria H ^b   Chacaltana, Alfonso ^c  

^a Past president of Peruvian Association for Study of Liver Disease   (Peru)

^b Hepatology Research Walter Reed Army Medical Center   (Peru)

^c Clínica Centenario Peruano Japonesa   (Peru)

Author keywords

Hepatitis c; Pregnancy; Risk factors; Vertical transmission; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEUROTOXICITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; TERATOGENICITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 79952109601     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31731-4     Document Type: Article

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