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Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus from Asymptomatic Carrier Mothers to Their Offspring Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction Technique
Jin Sook Kim, Young Ran Yoon, Mi Kyung Kim, Hye Kyung Han, Mi Ryung Um, Kyung Hoon Choi, Mi Na Lee, In Keol Moon, In Kweon Han
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(2):231-239.   Published online February 15, 1994
Total 8,341 pregnant women who visited Obstetric clinic Cheil General Hospital from January 1991 to July 1992 were screened for HBsAg. Sixty five women with positive HbsAg who delivered healthy babies during that period and their infants are included in the study. HBsAg, Anti-HBs, Anti-HBc, HBeAg and Anti-HBe were tested by radioimmunoassay and hepatitis B virus DNA were studied by polymerase...