Article
Spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus with a frameshift mutation in the precore region in an elderly hepatitis B virus carrier with lifestyle-related diseases.
Clinical journal of gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2021
Takakusagi Satoshi, Takagi Hitoshi, Yokoyama Yozo, Kizawa Kazuko, Marubashi Kyoko, Kosone Takashi, Nagashima Shigeo, Takahashi Masaharu, Murata Kazumoto, Okamoto Hiroaki
Abstract excerpt
A 76-year-old woman with spontaneous reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) without any immunosuppressants who had been successfully treated with tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) was reported. The patient was admitted to our hospital because of acute exacerbation of the liver function and jaundice. She had been found to have chronic HBV infection with a normal liver function and had been treated for...
Topics
- Aged
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Frameshift Mutation
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B e Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Life Style
- Mutation