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Management of hepatitis B after renal transplantation: an update.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Jan 2000
Fabrizi Fabrizio, Lunghi Giovanna, Poordad Fred F, Martin Paul
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection remains an important cause of liver disease in renal transplant (RT) recipients and the outcome of HBV infected RT recipients is less favorable than that of noninfected RT recipients. The concern about graft loss induced by interferon (IFN) therapy precludes its use; lamivudine, a second-generation analog, has been recently approved for the treatment of hepatitis B and promises...
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