Response to the hepatitis B virus vaccine in Iranian infants

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-231

  Moradi, Abdolvahai ^a   Khodabakhshi, Behnaz ^a   Roshandel, Gholamreza ^a   Kalavi, Khodaverdi ^a   Besharat, Sima ^a   Semnani, Shahryar ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Infants; Iran; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 70350782339     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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