Reactivation of hepatitis B virus during rituximab treatment of a patient with follicular lymphoma [2]

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Yang, Shih Hung ^a   Kuo, Sung Hsin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMBUCIL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; RITUXIMAB; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; NEOPLASM STAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 41249094005     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-007-0396-1     Document Type: Letter

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