Ending vertical transmission of hepatitis B: The third trimester intervention

Hepatology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 448-451

  Sarkar, Monika ^a   Terrault, Norah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LAMIVUDINE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; THYMIDINE;

EID: 84904675383     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27145     Document Type: Editorial

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