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Summary of ‘Hepatitis B immunisation for newborn infants of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive mothers’

✍ Scribed by Andrea Milne

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
52 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
1557-6272

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This is a commentary on a Cochrane review, published in this issue of EBCH, published as: Lee C, Gong Y, Brok J, Boxall EH, Gluud C. Hepatitis B immunisation for newborn infants of hepatitis B surface antigen‐positive mothers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD004790. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004790.pub2; and as a shorterned version as: Lee C, Gong Y, Brok J, Boxall EH, Gluud C. Effect of hepatitis B immunisation in newborn infants of mothers positive for hepatitis B surface antigen: systematic review and meta‐analysis. BMJ. 2006 Feb 11; 332: 328–36. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38719.435833.7C.

Further information for this Cochrane review is available in this issue of EBCH in the accompanying Commentary and Characteristics and Key Findings Tables articles. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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