How to diagnose and treat hepatitis B virus antiviral drug resistance in the liver transplant setting
β Scribed by Anna S. F. Lok
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.21616
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence following liver transplantation (LTx) has been controllable primarily with the use of hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg) and lamivudine (LAM). However, HBV resistance to LAM and/or HBIg has become an increasing problem prompting the use of newer antiviral agents. T
Up to 30% of liver transplants will develop graft cirrhosis within 5 years after liver transplantation (LT) due to recurrent HCV-infection forwarding accelerated graft damage. Genetic variants of cytokines involved in the immune response may contribute to the degree of graft inflammation, fibrosis p