Short Communication Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 2 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Gastroenterology.2.026
Pregnancy and Hepatitis B Immunization: A Commentary on Maternal Knowledge and Vertical Transmission Risks
Lolwa Al-Obaid1, Rebecca Roediger1, Mauricio Lisker-Melman1,2,*
- 1Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, Division of Gastroenterology
- 2John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis MO, Division of Gastroenterology
Corresponding Author
Mauricio Lisker-Melman, Mauricio Lisker-Melmanac.za
Received Date: December 28, 2020
Accepted Date: February 26, 2021
Al-Obaid L, Roediger R, Lisker-Melman M. Pregnancy and Hepatitis B Immunization: A Commentary on Maternal Knowledge and Vertical Transmission Risks. Arch Gastroenterol Res. 2021; 2(2): 48-54.
Copyright: © 2021 Al-Obaid L, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Pregnancy; Hepatitis; Immunization; Maternal; Vertical Transmission
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