Vertical transmission of hepatitis B surface antigen in carrier mothers in two west London hospitals.

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  • D Woo
  • M Cummins
  • P A Davies
  • D R Harvey
  • R Hurley
  • A P Waterson
چکیده

126 children of 102 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier mothers were delivered at Hammersmith Hospital and Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, between 1971 and mid-1978. Blood tests on 110 of these children showed that 8 out of the 18 with Chinese mothers, but only 6 out of the 92 other children, have become HBsAg positive. The presence of maternal hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) is also significantly correlated with transmission of HBsAg to the children. The management of children whose mothers are carriers is discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of disease in childhood

دوره 54 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1979