| Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in pediatric in patients. |
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Kyung Hee Kim, Myung Ik Lee, Young Jin Hong, Keun Chan Sohn |
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Department of Pediatrics, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea |
| 소아 입원환자의 B형 간염항원
양성률에 대한 관찰 |
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김경희, 이명익, 홍영진, 손근찬 |
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국립의료원 소아과 |
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Received: 27 September 1990 • Accepted: 30 November 1990 |
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| Abstract |
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Thirty three from 689 children (4.79%) who were screened among hospitalized patients from July,
1986 to June, 1988, were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen in their serum sample tested by
radioimmunoassay. The positive rate of hepatitis B surface antigen was 3.04% when the hepatitis
patients were excluded. The incidence of hepatitis B surface antigen was higher (5.18%) in male than
in famale (4.17%) patients. And a trend toward increment was noted with age, but there was no
statistical significance. Diseases of hepatitis B surface antigen positive cases on admission were
evenly distributed, e.g., pneumonia, acute pharyngitis, congenital heart disease, bronchiolitis, asthma,
craniopharyngioma, measles, meningitis etc. |
| Key Words:
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen |
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