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Year : 2013 |
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Pre-emptive treatment of Hepatitis B infection by lamivudine in two tunisian renal transplant recipients
Kais Harzallah, Wafa Haddad, Mondher Haloues, Imene El Kossai, Nabil Ben Romdhane, Hatem Ben Abdallah, Riadh Bouali, Mohamed Nabil Abdelli, Jalel Hmida, Jamel Manaa
Unity of Organ Transplantation, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Correspondence Address:
Kais Harzallah Unity of Organ Transplantation, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis 1002 Tunisia
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.121281 PMID: 24231483
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Infection with hepatitis B virus has a major implication for transplant recipients due to the risk of reactivation under immunosuppression, progression to chronic liver disease, development of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. We report two cases of renal transplantation patients who were hepatitis B surface antigen positive before transplantation and were treated by Lamivudine. |
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