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. 2021 Jun;18(6):445-446.
doi: 10.1038/s41575-021-00456-y.

Reply to 'Evidence against in utero transmission of hepatitis B virus'

Norah A Terrault  1 , Ka Wang Cheung  2 , Miriam T Levy  3 , Gonzague Jourdain  4   5
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Reply to 'Evidence against in utero transmission of hepatitis B virus'

Norah A Terrault et al. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jun.
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  • Viral hepatitis and pregnancy.
    Terrault NA, Levy MT, Cheung KW, Jourdain G. Terrault NA, et al. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Feb;18(2):117-130. doi: 10.1038/s41575-020-00361-w. Epub 2020 Oct 12. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021. PMID: 33046891 Review.
  • Evidence against in utero transmission of hepatitis B virus.
    Zhou YH. Zhou YH. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Jun;18(6):445. doi: 10.1038/s41575-021-00455-z. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021. PMID: 33888887 No abstract available.

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    1. Zhou Y-H. Evidence against in-utero transmission of hepatitis B. Nat. Rev. Gastroenterol. Hepatol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-021-00455-z (2021).
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