Undetected chronic hepatitis B virus infection of a vaccinated dialysis patient after liver transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1492-1494

  Campe, Hartmut ^a   Hillebrand, Günther F ^b   Mairhofer, Helga ^a   Nitschko, Hans ^a   Jäger, Gundula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dialysis; HBsAg escape mutant; Hepatitis B vaccination; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; TACROLIMUS; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION; VIRUS LOAD; WILSON DISEASE; BLOOD; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MUTATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MUTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 26044462626     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh823     Document Type: Article

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