Article
Virological and clinical characteristics on reactivation of occult hepatitis B in patients with hematological malignancy.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Mar 2011
Sugauchi Fuminaka, Tanaka Yasuhito, Kusumoto Shigeru, Matsuura Kentaro, Sugiyama Masaya, Kurbanov Fuat, Ueda Ryuzo, Mizokami Masashi
Abstract excerpt
The virological characteristics of hepatitis B virus (HBV) implicated in the reactivation of occult hepatitis B in patients who have received hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation or chemotherapy for the hematological malignancy are not well defined. Twenty-eight HBsAg-negative patients who received hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation and 138 HBsAg-negative patients treated for malignant lymphoma with...
Topics
- Adult
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Cell Line, Tumor
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Hematologic Neoplasms
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B virus
