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. 2001 Aug;20(8):805-7.
doi: 10.1097/00006454-200108000-00018.

Hepatitis A vaccine in pediatric patients affected by metabolic liver diseases

R Giacchino  1 , A Timitilli, E Castellano, M Di Rocco, P Fiore, R Soncini, L Romanò
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Hepatitis A vaccine in pediatric patients affected by metabolic liver diseases

R Giacchino et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001 Aug.

Abstract

Twenty children with a variety of metabolic liver diseases were given two doses of hepatitis A vaccine. Adverse reactions were mild. All subjects responded to vaccine with seroconversion to hepatitis A virus antibodies after the first dose, regardless of transaminase values, and had a booster effect from the second doses.

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