Successful immune response to a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in young patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 630-633

  Marseglia, G L ^a   Scaramuzza, A ^a   D'Annunzio, G ^a   Comolli, G ^a   Gatti, M ^a   Lorini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B vaccination; Immune response; Immune mediated diseases; Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INSULIN; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0030016207     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199607)13:7<630::AID-DIA137>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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