Risk of HBV reinfection after liver transplantation in HBsAg-positive cirrhosis: Primary hepatocellular carcinoma is not a predictor for HBV recurrence

Liver

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Mazzaferro, Vincenzo ^a   Regalia, Enrico ^a   Montalto, Fabrizio ^a   Pulvirenti, Andrea ^a   Brunetto, Maurizia Rossana ^b   Bonino, Ferruccio ^b   Lerut, Jean ^c   Gennari, Leandro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Istituto Nazionale Tumori ^*

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus recurrence; Hepatocellular carcinoma immunoglobulin prophylaxis; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0029929560     PISSN: 01069543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1996.tb00715.x     Document Type: Article

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