Is hepatitis B infection an indication for orthotopic liver transplantation? the answer, my friend, is Blowin' in the wind

Is vaccination against hepatitis B infec

Is vaccination against hepatitis B infection indicated in patients waiting for or after orthotopic liver transplantation?

✍ Chalasani, Naga ;Smallwood, Greg ;Halcomb, Joanne ;Fried, Michael W. ;Boyer, Tho 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 91 KB 👁 1 views

It is a common practice to immunize patients against hepatitis B infection while they are waiting for liver transplantation, but the efficacy of this practice is unclear. This is a retrospective analysis of the antibody response to 20 microg of a recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in patients waiting f