Extended double-dosage HBV vaccination after liver transplantation is ineffective, in the absence of lamivudine and prior wash-out of human Hepatitis B immunoglobulins

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 749-754

  Di Paolo, D ^a   Lenci, I ^a   Trinito, M O ^a   Carbone, M ^a   Longhi, C ^a   Tisone, G ^b   Angelico, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

HBIG immunoprophylaxis; Hepatitis B immunoglobulins; Immunosuppression; Lamivudine

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; VACCINATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ADULT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LAMIVUDINE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 33748490695     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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