Response to a Vaccination Schedule With 4 Doses of 40 μg Against Hepatitis B Virus in Cirrhotic Patients Evaluated for Liver Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2943-2945

  Pascasio, J M ^a   Aoufi, S ^a   Gash, A ^a   Sousa, J M ^a   Perea, R ^a   Sayago, M ^a   Ferrer, M T ^a   Valencia, R ^a   Gomez Bravo M A ^a   Bernardos, A ^a   Marquez J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VACCINATION;

DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55749104688     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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