Virological pattern of hepatitis B infection in an HIV-positive man with fatal fulminant hepatitis B: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bagaglio, Sabrina ^a   Albarello, Luca ^a   Biswas, Priscilla ^a   Uberti Foppa, Caterina ^a   Fortis, Claudio ^a   Morsica, Giulia ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LIVER; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 73849109355     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-110     Document Type: Article

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