Early invasive prenatal diagnosis in HBsAg-positive women
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Early invasive prenatal diagnosis in HBsAg-positive women.
From 1982 to 1989, pregnant women in two large city hospitals in The Netherlands had serum samples screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Infants of mothers found to be HBsAg-positive received hepatitis B immune globulin immediately after birth and hepatitis B vaccine in the first year of life. Blood samples of infants were regularly tested for HBsAg and antibodies directed against H...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prenatal Diagnosis
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0197-3851,1097-0223
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1970140707