Clinical and virological predictors of hepatic flares in pregnant women with chronic hepatitis B

Gut

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1810-1815

  Giles, Michelle ^a,b,c   Visvanathan, Kumar ^c,d   Lewin, Sharon ^a,e   Bowden, Scott ^f   Locarnini, Stephen ^f   Spelman, Tim ^a   Sasadeusz, Joe ^a,f  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS B; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; BLOOD; HEPATITIS B; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SYMPTOM FLARE UP;

EID: 84947607119     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308211     Document Type: Article

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