Hepatitis B virus sero-prevalence among pregnant females in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 70-72

  Alrowaily, Mohammed ^a   Abolfotouh, Mostafa ^b   Ferwanah, Mazen ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Hepatitis B; Postpartum Hepatitis B vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149196048     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.39621     Document Type: Article

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