PASSIVE-ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION IN INFANTS OF HEPATITIS BE ANTIGEN-POSITIVE MOTHERS - COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF EARLY AND DELAYED ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION

Authors
GROSHEIDE PM DELCANHO R HEIJTINK RA NUIJTEN ASM ZWIJNENBERG J BANFFER JRJ WLADIMIROFF YW BOTMAN MJ MAZEL JA DEGAST GC CHRISTIAENS GCML GERARDS LJ FETTER WPF BAERTS W SCHALM SW
Citation
Pm. Grosheide et al., PASSIVE-ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION IN INFANTS OF HEPATITIS BE ANTIGEN-POSITIVE MOTHERS - COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF EARLY AND DELAYED ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION, American journal of diseases of children [1960], 147(12), 1993, pp. 1316-1320
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
American journal of diseases of children [1960]
ISSN journal
0002922X → ACNP
Volume
147
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1316 - 1320
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Objective.-To assess the efficacy of late active immunization against hepatitis B concomitant with diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio vaccine in high-risk infants receiving hepatitis B immune globulin at birth. Design.-Randomized study of infants born to mothers positive f or hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis Be antigen (HBeAg ).