Antenatal screening for hepatitis C: Universal or risk factor based?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 318-322

  Wilson, Erin ^a,b   Beckmann, Michael ^a,b  

^a MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; mass screening; pregnancy; prenatal diagnosis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NULLIPARA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84938745571     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12296     Document Type: Article

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