Further preventing mother to child hepatitis B transmission
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Ethical issues in preventing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B by immunisation.
Without intervention, a pregnant woman who is a chronic hepatitis B carrier is at risk of transmitting hepatitis B and of her infant becoming a chronic carrier and having a significantly increased lifetime risk of developing liver cancer or cirrhosis. Hepatitis B vaccine and immunoglobulin reduce the risk of the baby becoming a carrier, but with only a short window period after birth to deliver...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1034-4810
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.13478