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Spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus with S gene mutations in an elderly patient with diabetic nephropathy.
Clinical journal of gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2020
Obara Noriyuki, Inoue Jun, Endo Hiroyuki, Kakazu Eiji, Ninomiya Masashi, Iwata Tomoaki, Sano Akitoshi, Tsuruoka Mio, Masamune Atsushi
Abstract excerpt
Generally, reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is induced by the administration of immunosuppressants or anticancer agents, but reactivation without such drugs has rarely been reported. Here we report an elder case with spontaneous reactivation of HBV replication accompanied by hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) mutations. A 69-year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney...
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