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Viral hepatitis during pregnancy in Israel
Author(s) -
Shalev Eliezer,
Bassan Harry M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(82)90048-0
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , epidemiology , viral hepatitis , offspring , hepatitis b , hepatitis , pediatrics , immunology , biology , genetics , physics , optics
Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data were obtained relating to 89 pregnant women who suffered from viral hepatitis during the period 1967–1977 in Israel. The obstetrical data, course of labor and details about the newborn, were all compared with the accepted obstetrical standards in Israel and abroad. A follow‐up study was made of the 89 women and 69 of the offspring from these pregnancies, covering a period of from 2 to 10 years. The data of the present study demonstrate that during the last decade, a period of generally rising socio‐economic status in Israel, viral hepatitis in pregnant women, ran a more favorable course than that previously reported. The incidence of hepatitis is equal in all trimesters of pregnancy, and a favorable outcome may usually be anticipated for the mother and the newborn.