Prophylaxis and treatment of hepatitis B infection in the setting of liver transplantation Profilaxis y tratamiento de la infección por el virus de la hepatitis B en relación con el trasplante hepático

Without any treatment, the prognosis of hepatitis B in liver transplant recipients is very poor. So, antiviral prophylaxis is very important in patients with hepatitis B who undergo liver transplantation. Before liver transplantation, a suppression of viral replication has to be achieved by nucleos(...

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Main Authors: Delia D'Avola, José Ignacio Herrero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2011-03-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082011000300006