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Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis in a transplant recipient with hepatitis B virus precore mutant.
Gastroenterology - 1 Sept 1993
Fang J W, Tung F Y, Davis G L, Dolson D J, Van Thiel D H, Lau J Y
Abstract excerpt
A patient with hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore mutant (seropositive for hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg], anti-hepatitis B e antigen [HBeAg], and HBV DNA) who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for end-stage liver disease is described. Sequencing of the HBV precore region of the pretransplant serum sample confirmed the presence of the precore stop-codon mutant (G-->A mutation in codon 1896) only. The...
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