Liver transplantation in Asian patients with chronic hepatitis B using lamivudine prophylaxis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 276-281

  Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Cheung, Siu Tim ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a   Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Oi Lin Ng, Irene ^a   Yuen, Man Fung ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035138197     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200102000-00018     Document Type: Article

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