What are the risks of COVID-19 infection in pregnant women?

The Lancet

Volumn 395, Issue 10226, 2020, Pages 760-762

  Qiao, Jie ^a,b,c,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b National Clinical Research Centre for Obstetrics and Gynecology   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Beijing Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology and Assisted Reproduction   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; BREAST MILK; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCEPTION; CONVALESCENCE; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MATERNAL DISEASE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB; NEWBORN DISEASE; NOSE SMEAR; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCREENING TEST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS STRAIN; BETACORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2;

BETACORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85079280925     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30365-2     Document Type: Note

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