Prevention of hepatitis B recurrence in liver transplant patients using oral antiviral therapy without long-term hepatitis B immunoglobulin

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 638-645

  Ahn, Joseph ^a   Cohen, Stanley Martin ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Immunoglobulin; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; EMCITRITABINE; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; TENOFOVIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80052588678     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/kowsar.1735143X.1010     Document Type: Article

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