Evaluation of the compliance with recommended procedures in newborns exposed to HBsAg-positive mothers: A multicenter collaborative study

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-250

  Heininger, Ulrich ^a   Vaudaux, Bernard ^b   Nidecker, Myriam ^b   Pfister, Riccardo E ^c   Posfay Barbe, Klara M ^c   Bachofner, Marius ^a   Hoigné, Irene ^d   Gnehm, Hanspeter E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital des Enfants Hopitaux universitaires de Geneve   (Switzerland)

^d Children's Hospital KSA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HBs antigen; Hepatitis B; Newborn; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SWITZERLAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77649212713     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181bd7f89     Document Type: Article

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