Three Doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine or Four Doses in Chronic Renal Failure

authors:

avatar Zahra Khazaeipour 1 , * , avatar Farokhlagha Ahmadi 2

Brain and Spinal Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Nephrology Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran
Hepatitis Monthly: Vol.13, issue 3; e10040
published online: March 14, 2013
article type: Reply
received: December 30, 2012
accepted: January 2, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.10040

how to cite: Khazaeipour Z, Ahmadi F. Three Doses of Hepatitis B Vaccine or Four Doses in Chronic Renal Failure. Hepat Mon. 2013;13(3):e10040. https://doi.org/10.5812/hepatmon.10040.

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