Does anti-hepatitis B virus vaccine make any difference in long-term number of liver transplantation?

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Chaib, E ^a   Coimbra, B G M M ^a   Galvao F H F ^a   Tatebe, E R ^a   Shinzato, M S ^a   D'Albuquerque, L A C ^a   Massad, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Liver transplantation; Mathematical model; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870683504     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12030     Document Type: Article

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