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Hepatitis B virus precore mutant infection is associated with severe recurrent disease after liver transplantation.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jan 1995
Angus P W, Locarnini S A, McCaughan G W, Jones R M, McMillan J S, Bowden D S
Abstract excerpt
The factors that predispose patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B virus (HBV) disease to severe recurrence of infection are unclear. In this study we examined the effect of pretransplantation infection with HBV and precore variant strains of HBV on posttransplantation outcome and allograft histology in 24 patients who survived more than 3 months after liver transplantation. Based on...
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