Active-passive immunization effectiveness against hepatitis B virus in children born to HBsAg positive mothers in amol, north of Iran

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 399-403

  Yahyapour, Yousef ^a   Karimi, Mohammad ^a   Molaei, Hamid Reza ^b   Khoddami, Esmaeil ^a   Mahmoudi, Mahmoud ^c  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Amol Mazandaran   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti HBc; Anti HBs; Children; HBsAg positive mothers; Hepatitis B immunoglobulin; Hepatitis B vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858230903     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2011.103     Document Type: Article

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