Safety and Efficacy of Hepatitis B Vaccination in Cirrhosis of Liver

Introduction. Patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) are more likely to have severe morbidity and fatality rate due to superimposed acute or chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection. The literature has shown that hepatitis B vaccines are safe and effective in patients with CLD, but the data in cirrhos...

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Main Authors: D. Ajith Roni, Rama Mohan Pathapati, A. Sathish Kumar, Lalit Nihal, K. Sridhar, Sujith Tumkur Rajashekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Virology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/196704