PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M de Martino
AU  - C Appendino
AU  - M Resti
AU  - M E Rossi
AU  - A T Muccioli
AU  - A Vierucci
TI  - Should hepatitis B surface antigen positive mothers breast feed?
AID  - 10.1136/adc.60.10.972
DP  - 1985 Oct 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 972--974
VI  - 60
IP  - 10
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/60/10/972.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/60/10/972.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1985 Oct 01; 60
AB  - Breast fed infants may be at greater risk of mother to infant hepatitis B virus infection compared with formula fed infants. We studied 85 infants born to 84 hepatitis B surface antigen positive mothers (only two of whom were hepatitis B e positive), and who had received immunisation against hepatitis B virus. Our results indicate that breast feeding does not increase the risk of developing hepatitis B virus infection in infants born to these mothers if immunisation is carried out.