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Fulminant hepatitis after allogenic bone marrow transplantation caused by reactivation of hepatitis B virus with gene mutations in the core promotor region.
European journal of haematology - 1 Sept 2006
Kitano Kiyoshi, Kobayashi Hikaru, Hanamura Mayu, Furuta Kiyoshi, Ueno Mayumi, Rokuhara Akinori, Tanaka Eiji, Umemura Takeji, Kiyosawa Kendo
Abstract excerpt
Under immunosuppressive conditions after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), even if hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigen is negative but hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb) or hepatitis B core antibody (HBcAb) is presented, HBV reactivates and sometimes causes fulminant hepatitis. However, it remains unclear which patients will develop fulminant hepatitis, or whether fulminant hepatitis is caused by...
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