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Use of Hepatitis B-e Antigen to Identify Pregnant Women With Hepatitis B Virus Infection Who Need Antiviral Therapy for Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission

Objective To evaluate the performance of hepatitis B-e antigen (HBeAg) for identifying pregnant women infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) who are having a high viral load. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted at the tertiary care hospital in Bangkok, Thailand between August 2017 and Augus...

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Autores principales: Jiragraivutidej, Chanya, Tangkijvanich, Pisit, Chaithongwongwatthana, Surasith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8558031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34737899
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18430