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Hepatitis E Carries Highest Risk For Morbidity, Mortality In Pregnancy
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 19th, 2001
Previous studies have shown HEV infections, though mild in the general population, cause fulminant hepatic failure and even death in pregnant females. An epidemiological study of acute hepatitis in women in India sheds more light on the impact of HEV infections during pregnancy.
The study's lead author, S.P.B. Jaiswal, and associates at Choithram Hospital and Research Center tested the serum of 273 women with acute viral hepatitis for hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D (HAV,...
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