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Fulminant hepatitis B associated with a specific insertion in the basal core promoter region of hepatitis B virus DNA after immunosuppressive treatment.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Feb 2005
Gérolami René, Henry Mireille, Borentain Patrick, Colson Philippe, Botta Danièle, Tamalet Catherine
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We report a case of hepatitis B virus reactivation that occurred after immunosuppressive treatment in a hepatitis B surface antigen-negative patient with detectable antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen and hepatitis B surface antigen. Sequence analysis revealed an 11-bp insertion in the core promoter region of hepatitis virus DNA, creating a novel hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 binding site. This led to enhanced...
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