Hepatitis B virus reactivation in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy: Natural history, pathogenesis, and management

Hepatology International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-326

  Liu, Chun Jen ^a,b   Chen, Pei Jer ^a,b   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a,b   Kao, Jia Horng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; HBV reactivation; Hepatitis B virus; Nucleos(t)ide analogs; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; INFLIXIMAB; LAMIVUDINE; NUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TELBIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; ENTERITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL HISTORY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84984555373     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-011-9279-6     Document Type: Review

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