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Failure of hepatitis B surface antibody to protect acute fulminating hepatitis in a renal transplant recipient.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet - 1 Aug 2006
Sobhonslidsuk Abhasnee, Sornmayura Pattana, Sumethkul Vasant
Abstract excerpt
A 58-year-old man who had a living-related kidney transplantation (KT) 13 years ago and had received a double-dosage course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination prior to KT developed acute liver failure. An exhaustive work-up for the cause of acute liver failure revealed that HBsAg was negative but anti-HBs and anti-HBcAbs were positive. HBV DNA was 535,000 copies/ml. The strongly positive staining of HBsAg and...
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