Indefinite passive immunization after liver transplantation for hepatitis B
β Scribed by Timothy Pruett
- Book ID
- 111723278
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
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Patients who undergo transplantation for hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related diseases are treated indefinitely with hepatitis B hyperimmunoglobulin (HBIG) to prevent endogenous HBV reinfection of the graft. Active immunization with standard hepatitis B vaccines in these patients has recently been report
Cellular immunity plays an important role in the long-term control of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. We studied the changes in HBV-specific CD4 T cell immunity after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for chronic hepatitis B under antiviral prophylaxis. T cell proliferation and interferon-β₯