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Clinical course of de novo hepatitis B infection after pediatric liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Feb 2010
Su Wei-Ju, Ho Ming-Chih, Ni Yen-Hsuan, Wu Jia-Feng, Jeng Yung-Ming, Chen Huey-Ling, Wu Yao-Ming, Hu Rey-Heng, Chang Mei-Hwei, Lee Po-Huang
Abstract excerpt
The characteristics of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in vaccinated children who acquire de novo HBV infections after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) remain largely unknown. The aim of this study was to explore HBV mutants in pediatric OLT recipients with de novo HBV infections. In all, 50 recipients underwent OLT between December 1997 and October 2005, and they were regularly checked for HBV serum markers from...
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