Reactivation of precore variant hepatitis B virus in a child with severe aplastic anaemia

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 470-472

  Smith, P R ^a   Zampino, R ^a   Gutteridge, C ^b   Karayiannis, P ^c   Aitken, C ^a,d  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HBV; Immunosuppression; Mutation; Precore sequence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VIRUS DNA;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034788117     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.2059     Document Type: Article

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