Article
Clinical features and progression of perinatally acquired hepatitis C virus infection.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2003
Resti Massimo, Jara Paloma, Hierro Loreto, Azzari Chiara, Giacchino Raffaella, Zuin Giovanna, Zancan Lucia, Pedditzi Sabrina, Bortolotti Flavia
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this prospective-retrospective study was to provide information about the clinical features and progression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection transmitted perinatally. Seventy children born to HCV infected woman were enrolled consecutively in five European centers between 1990 and 1999, provided they had HCV RNA in the serum during the first year of life and/or were still anti-HCV positive at 18...
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