Chronic hepatitis B infection in adolescents who received primary infantile vaccination

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-45

  Wu, Tzu Wei ^a   Lin, Hans Hsienhong ^b,c   Wang, Li Yu ^a,d  

^a MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

H B VAX II; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAIWAN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84872147157     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25988     Document Type: Article

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