## 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
Mother to infant transmission of coinfection by human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus: prevalence and clinical manifestations
✍ Scribed by G. Nigro; F. D’Orio; S. Catania; M. C. Badolato; S. Livadiotti; S. Bernardi; P. D’Argenio
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 142
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-8798
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