Is vaccination of donor adequate for clearance of hepatitis B virus after bone-marrow transplantation? (multiple letters) [6]

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9065, 1997, Pages 1626-1627

  Lau, G K K ^a   Liang, R ^a   Lee, C K ^a   Lim, W L ^a   Brugger, S A ^a   Oesterreicher, C ^a   Kalhs, P ^a   Greinix, H T ^a   Muller, C ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HLA ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DONOR; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATITIS B; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030905305     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)61667-4     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

1. SA Brugger C Oesterreicher H Hofmann P Kaths HT Greinix C Muller Hepatitis B virus clearance by transplantation of bone marrow from hepatitis B immunized donor Lancet 349 1997 996 997
2. Lau GKK, Lok ASF, Liang RHS, et al. Clearance of HBsAg after bone marrow transplantation: role of adoptive immunity transfer. Hepatology (in press).
3. ASF Lok Treatment of chronic hepatitis B J Viral Hepatitis 1 1994 105 124
4. LG Lum The kinetics of immune reconstitution after human marrow transplantation Blood 69 1987 369 380
5. GKK Lau RHS Liang EKW Chiu CK Lee SK Lam Loss of HBsAg in chronic hepatitis B carrier following high dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell rescue for lymphoma Am J Hematol 50 1995 317 318