Reactivation of hepatitis B virus infection after cytotoxic chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1531-1537

  Manzano Alonso, María Luisa ^a   Castellano Tortajada, Gregorio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis b; Immune response; Immunosuppression; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DACTINOMYCIN; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETANERCEPT; FLUOROURACIL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; LAMIVUDINE; MITOMYCIN C; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 79955943145     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i12.1531     Document Type: Article

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