A randomized trial of alternative two- and three-dose hepatitis B vaccination regimens in adolescents: Antibody responses, safety, and immunologic memory

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 4 I, 2001, Pages 626-631

  Cassidy, William M ^a,d   Watson, Barbara ^b   Ioli, Virginia A ^c   Williams, Karen ^a   Bird, Steven ^c   West, David J ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Hepatitis B; Immunization; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0035073194     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.4.626     Document Type: Article

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