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[A fatal case of a hepatitis B virus carrier with fulminant hepatic failure after cytotoxic chemotherapy for malignant lymphoma].
[Rinsho ketsueki] The Japanese journal of clinical hematology - 1 Dec 1993
Kumagai K, Takagi T, Sakai C, Oguro M, Kawai S, Nakahori S, Yokosuka O, Ohtoh M
Abstract excerpt
A 48-year-old woman with malignant lymphoma, who was diagnosed as a hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier because of positive HBs antigen, was admitted to Chiba Cancer Center Hospital. Complete remission was achieved by two courses of combination chemotherapy, but fulminant hepatitis developed after withdrawal of chemotherapy and she died of hepatic failure. Retrospective analysis of viral DNA disclosed a mutation in...
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