Risk stratification and clinical course of hepatitis B virus reactivation in rheumatoid arthritis patients with resolved infection: final report of a multicenter prospective observational study at Japanese Red Cross Hospital

Risk stratification and clinical course of hepatitis B virus reactivation in rheumatoid arthritis patients with resolved infection: final report of a multicenter prospective observational study at Japanese Red Cross Hospital

Abstract Background The prophylaxis for hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation assumes that hepatic injury after reactivation is often rapidly progressive and can evoke fulminant hepatitis. The incidence and prognosis of reactivation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be different from tho...

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Main Authors: Wataru Fukuda, Tadamasa Hanyu, Masaki Katayama, Shinichi Mizuki, Akitomo Okada, Masayuki Miyata, Yuichi Handa, Masatoshi Hayashi, Yoshinobu Koyama, Kaoru Arii, Toshiyuki Kitaori, Hiroyuki Hagiyama, Yoshinori Urushidani, Takahito Yamasaki, Yoshihiko Ikeno, Takeshi Suzuki, Atsushi Omoto, Toshifumi Sugitani, Satoshi Morita, Shigeko Inokuma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Hepatitis B virus
Rheumatoid arthritis
Reactivation
Nucleic acid analog
Prognosis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-019-2053-1

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