"Anti-HBc alone" in human immunodeficiency virus-positive and immuno-suppressed lymphoma patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 3834-3835

  Koo, Yu Xuan ^a   Tan, Daniel S W ^b   Tan, Iain B H ^b   Quek, Richard ^b   Tao, Miriam ^b   Lim, Soon Thye ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis B virus DNA; Human immunodeficiency virus; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; VIRUS DNA; ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS REACTIVATION; BLOOD; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE;

ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA;

EID: 70350432816     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3834     Document Type: Article

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