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Investigation for SARS-CoV-2 vertical transmission in a COVID-19 pregnant woman: a case report

Tae Eun Kima Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-4481
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Hyojeong Kima Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Kwang Hee Ahna Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Eunwook Jooa Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Hyeon Ji Kima Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Jee Yoon Parka Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea;b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kyung Joon Oha Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea;b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Young Hwa Jungc Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Hyunju Leec Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea;d Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Chang Won Choic Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea;d Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Jongtak Junge Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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Kyoung Un Parkf Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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Pages 1561-1563 | Published online: 15 Feb 2022

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