Disappearance of hepatitis B virus core deletion mutants and successful combined kidney/liver transplantation in a patient treated with lamivudine

Accumulation and persistence of hepatiti

Accumulation and persistence of hepatitis B virus core gene deletion mutants in renal transplant patients are associated with end-stage liver disease

✍ S Günther; S Baginski; H Kissel; P Reinke; D H Krüger; H Will; H Meisel 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 658 KB

Evidence is accumulating that HBV variants may influence In renal transplant recipients, chronic hepatitis B vithe clinical course of hepatitis B. For instance, HBV with rus (HBV) infection often leads to cirrhosis and liver a point mutation in the preC-region (preC-variant), which failure. In this