Anti-Hepatitis B Antibody status in children with coeliac disease

Autor: Areej Abdussalam Hweta, Abulraouf Mohamed Zaghdani, Mohamed Omer Elgadi, Fauzi Abdalla Sagher, Asma Ali Shagleb
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. 10:83-87
ISSN: 1947-489X
DOI: 10.4103/ijmbs.ijmbs_25_18
Popis: Objective: This study aimed to compare the antibodies response to hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine between Libyan children with coeliac disease (CD) and healthy control. Subjects and Methods: A total of 66 children with CD on a gluten-free diet (GFD) and 31 randomly allocated healthy children who received HBV vaccination according to the standard immunization schedule were included. Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) and the production of specific anti-HBs antibodies were evaluated in all patients and control participants using standard techniques. Patients with
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