Vaccine-induced hepatitis B surface antigen positivity in adult hemodialysis patients: Incidental and surveillance data

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1228-1234

  Janzen, Laverne ^a   Minuk, Gerald Y ^b   Fast, Margaret ^c   Bernstein, Keevin N ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c CITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

AUSZYME monoclonal enzyme immunoassay (EIA); Dialysis; Engerix B; Hepatitis B vaccination; Vaccine Induced HSsAG positivity

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0030393386     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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