Screening of pregnant Saudi women for hepatitis B surface antigen

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 265-269

  Al Mazrou, Yagob Y ^a   Al Jeffri, Mohamed ^a   Khalil, Mohamed K M ^b   Al Ghamdi, Yasser S ^c   Mishkhas, Ameen ^a   Bakhsh, Mohamed ^a   Eisa, Mostafa ^a   Nageeb, Mohamed ^a   Tumsah, Salah ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Fahd Specialist Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B e antigen; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Hepatitis B virus infection; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS IMMUNIZATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 4344610189     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.265     Document Type: Article

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