Evidence for selection of hepatitis B mutants after liver transplantation through peripheral blood mononuclear cell infection

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 228-235

  Brind, Alison ^a   Jiang, Jiaji ^a,b   Samuel, Didier ^b   Gigou, Michèle ^b   Feray, Cyrille ^b   Bréchot, Christian ^a   Kremsdorf, Dina ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

hepatitis B virus; PBMC; reinfection; transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0031047631     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80035-9     Document Type: Article

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