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Hepatitis B vaccine efficacy in patients with chronic liver disease by hepatitis C virus.
Arquivos de gastroenterologia - 1 Jan 2000
Mattos Angelo Alves de, Gomes Eliana Buksztejn, Tovo Cristiane Valle, Alexandre Cláudio Osmar Pereira, Remião José Oscar dos Reis
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Considering the immunosuppression of patients with chronic liver disease, their response to vaccination is discussed in literature. AIMS: To evaluate the response of hepatitis B vaccine in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. METHODS: This is a prospective study in which 85 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection (46.8 +/- 9.4 years, 44.7% males) and 46 healthy adults (36.7 +/-...
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