Universal antenatal screening for hepatitis C

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lambert, J ^a   Jackson, V ^a   Coulter Smith, S ^a   Brennan, M ^a   Geary, M ^a   Kelleher, T B ^a   O'Reilly, M ^a   Grundy, K ^a   Sammon, N ^a   Cafferkey, M ^a  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TATTOOING; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TATTOOING;

EID: 84877710773     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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