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A new single-dose hepatitis B vaccine versus a conventional vaccine in patients with end-stage renal disease

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boxed-textTong NKC et al. (2005) Immunogenicity and safety of an adjuvanted hepatitis B vaccine in pre-hemodialysis and hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int 68: 2298–2303

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  1. Staff Nephrologist in the Division of Nephrology at Maggiore Hospital, Policlinico IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    Fabrizio Fabrizi

  2. Professor of Medicine in the Division of Liver Diseases at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

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Fabrizi, F., Martin, P. A new single-dose hepatitis B vaccine versus a conventional vaccine in patients with end-stage renal disease. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 356–357 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0215

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