Maternal-fetal hepatitis E transmission: Is it underestimated?

Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-123

  Zaki, Maysaa El Sayed ^a   El Razek, Mohammed Magdy Abd ^a   El Razek, Hassan Magdy Abd ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Prevention; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007493496     PISSN: 22250719     EISSN: 23108819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14218/JCTH.2014.00006     Document Type: Review

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