C4A deficiency and nonresponse to hepatitis B vaccination

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 387-392

  Höhler, Thomas ^a   Stradmann Bellinghausen, Beate ^a   Starke, Roland ^b   Sänger, Roland ^a   Victor, Anja ^a   Rittner, Christian ^a   Schneider, Peter M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

B cell; Major histocompatibility complex; Responder; Vaccine failure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4A; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALLOTYPE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACCINATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; COMPLEMENT 4A; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HAPLOTYPES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT FAILURE; COMPLEMENT C4A; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036708289     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(02)00205-2     Document Type: Article

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