Maternal infection with hepatitis B virus before pregnancy and risk of congenital malformations in offspring: a record-linkage study of a large national sample from ChinaResearch in context

• Main Authors: Xuelian Yuan (Author), Xu Ma (Author), Jun Zhu (Author), Ying Yang (Author), Yanping Wang (Author), Jihong Xu (Author), Li Dai (Author), Huimin Li (Author), Zhen Liu (Author), Jing Dong (Author), Ke Wang (Author), Xiaohong Li (Author), Yuan He (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Whether hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection of women prior to pregnancy can influence risk of congenital malformations in offspring remains controversial. We assessed the association between them by considering congenital malformations in the aggregate as well as risk of organs sy...