Successful Treatment of Hepatitis B Virus Infection With Lamivudine After Heart Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2138-2140

  Wang, S S ^a   Chou, N K ^a   Chi, N H ^a   Hsu, R B ^a   Huang, S C ^a   Chen, Y S ^a   Yu, H Y ^a   Tsao, C I ^a   Ko, W J ^a   Lai, M Y ^a   Chu, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA VIRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTANT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846083332     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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