Liver graft infection by HBV S-gene mutants in transplant patients receiving long-term HBIg prophylaxis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1848-1854

  Santantonio, Teresa ^a,b   Gunther, Stephan ^a   Sterneck, Martina ^a   Rendina, Maria ^b   Messner, Michel ^c   Launois, Bernard ^c   Francavilla, Antonio ^b   Pastore, Giuseppe ^b   Will, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Graft infection; HBV reinfection; HBV variants; Hepatitis B immunoglobulin; Liver transplantation; S gene mutant

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARGININE; GLYCINE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS GENE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032768027     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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