Antibody response following Hepatitis B vaccination in peritoneal dialysis patients: does normalized urea clearance matter?

OBJECTIVES: Data on the factors that contribute to the antibody response to hepatitis B virus vaccination in peritoneal dialysis patients are scarce. The current study was conducted on a group of peritoneal dialysis patients to learn how the response to hepatitis B virus vaccination varies according...

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Main Authors: Erkan Dervisoglu, Melih Simsek, Ahmet Yilmaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000900009