Hepatitis C virus in pregnancy

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-159

  Prasad, Mona R ^a   Honegger, Jonathan R ^b,c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis C virus (HCV); mother to child transmission; pregnancy; screening

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RIBAVIRIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FETUS MONITORING; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MIXED INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874111399     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1334459     Document Type: Article

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