Risk of Hepatitis B Transmission After Amniocentesis in Chronic Hepatitis B Carriers

Affiliations

James M. Alexander: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX , USA
Ronald Ramus: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX , USA
Gregory Jackson: Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Barbara Sercely: Dallas County Health Department, Dallas, Texas, USA
George D. Wendel: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas 75235-9032, TX , USA

Abstract

Objective: To measure the risk of perinatal transmission of HBV in chronic carriers who undergo amniocentesis.

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281