Presence of HBV-DNA in cord blood is associated with spontaneous preterm birth in pregnant women with hbeag-negative chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Intervirology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 300-304

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

^a Elena Venizelou Hospital   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84860409239     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321356     Document Type: Article

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