Importance of maternal and cord blood viremia in pregnant women with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-186

  Elefsiniotis, Ioannis S ^a   Tsoumakas, Konstantinos ^b   Papadakis, Miltos ^c   Vlachos, George ^c   Saroglou, George ^c   Antsaklis, Aristidis ^c  

^a HELENA VENIZELOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cord blood; HBV DNA; Hepatitis B; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; SEROLOGY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VACCINATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; VIREMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952707954     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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