Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Pregnancy: An Update

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 12-21

  Altinbas, Sibel ^a   Holmes, Jacinta A ^b   Altinbas, Akif ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85078688496     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SGA.0000000000000404     Document Type: Article

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