Hepatitis B virus reactivation during cytotoxic chemotherapy‐enhanced viral replication precedes overt hepatitis

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The diagnosis of HBV reactivation during cytotoxic chemotherapy is based on an abrupt rise in levels of serum HBV DNA in conjunction with a hepatitic picture and in the absence of other causes of hepatitis. However, several cases of "hepatitis" have been noted during chemotherapy in HBsAg-positive patients, for which no cause could be found and in which HBV DNA levels were negative. One possible explanation is...

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