Seroconversion in patients with acute hepatitis B reinfection after liver transplantation with a combined treatment of lamivudine and hepatitis B immune globulin

Transplant Proc. 2002 Dec;34(8):3319-22. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(02)03558-3.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Viral / blood
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatitis B / diagnosis*
  • Hepatitis B / drug therapy
  • Hepatitis B / immunology
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / blood
  • Hepatitis B virus / genetics
  • Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Immunization, Passive
  • Immunoglobulins / therapeutic use*
  • Lamivudine / therapeutic use*
  • Liver / virology
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Liver Transplantation / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Recurrence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Viral
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Lamivudine
  • hepatitis B hyperimmune globulin