Comparison of the seroconversion rate after primary hepatitis B vaccination and after revaccination of non-responders in full-term infants according to mother's HBsAg seropositivity
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Kang, Jang Hee
(Department of Pediatrics, Good Moonhwa Hospital)
Moon, Jae Won (Department of Pediatrics, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital) Kong, Seung Hyun (Department of Pediatrics, Good Moonhwa Hospital) Hwang, Kwang Su (Department of Pediatrics, Good Moonhwa Hospital) Mok, Ji Sun (Department of Pediatrics, Good Moonhwa Hospital) Lee, Hyeon Jung (Department of Pediatrics, Good Moonhwa Hospital) |
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