Maternal pre-pregnancy infection with hepatitis B virus and the risk of preterm birth: a population-based cohort study

• Hoofdauteurs: Jue Liu, PhD (Auteur), Shikun Zhang, MD (Auteur), Prof Min Liu, PhD (Auteur), Qiaomei Wang, MD (Auteur), Haiping Shen, MD (Auteur), Yiping Zhang, MD (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Elsevier, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Preterm birth is the leading cause of child death in children younger than 5 years. Large cohort studies in developed countries have shown that maternal hepatitis B virus infection is associated with preterm birth, but there is little reliable evidence from China and other developing cou...