The protective power of two booster dose vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has not been previously studied in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who remained unresponsive to immunization. The aim of this study was to determine the HBV infection rate in vaccinated an
Incidence and morbidity of infection by hepatitis C virus in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
✍ Scribed by S. P. Dibenedetto; R. Ragusa; A. Sciacca; A. Di Cataldo; V. Miraglia; S. D'Amico; L. Lo Nigro; A. M. Ippolito
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 509 KB
- Volume
- 153
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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