## Abstract Eight women with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection during pregnancy gave birth to 11 children. Five of these children had elevated ALT, but only two had increased levels in more than one sample. All children tested before 6 months of age were positive for anti‐HCV at most up to
Hepatitis C virus infection in pregnancy and the risk of mother-to-child transmission
✍ Scribed by S. Polywka; H. Feucht; B. Zöllner; R. Laufs
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 398 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-9723
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