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Pretransplantation pre-S2 and S protein heterogeneity predisposes to hepatitis B virus recurrence after liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 May 2002
Grottola Antonella, Buttafoco Paola, Del Buono Maria Grazia, Cremonini Claudia, Colantoni Alessandra, Gelmini Roberta, Morelli Cristina, Masetti Michele, Jovine Elio, Fruet Fiorenza, Pinna Antonio, Manenti Federico, Villa Erica
Abstract excerpt
Liver transplantation (LT) in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection often is complicated by recurrence of infection despite immunoglobulin treatment. To evaluate whether variability in HBV genomic sequences and the target of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen action in pre-LT samples may be associated with a high recurrence rate, HBV pre-S/S regions of 14 HBV-positive candidates for LT (in 9 of...
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