Fatal hepatitis B in infant born to a HBsAg carrier with HBeAb.
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 60 (3) , 265-267
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.60.3.265
Abstract
Fulminant hepatic failure occurred in an 11 week old baby of a Caucasian mother who was hepatitis B surface antigen positive, B e antigen negative, and B e antibody positive. Infants of hepatitis B e antigen positive mothers receive immunoprophylaxis against hepatitis, unlike those born to mothers who are B e antibody positive.Keywords
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