Prevalence and chemotherapy-induced reactivation of occult hepatitis B virus among hepatitis B surface antigen negative patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Significance of hepatitis B core antibodies screening
Background: Occult hepatitis B infection (OBI) is characterized by negative hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and detectable hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA in the liver and/or serum, with or without hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc). Anti-HBc is the most sensitive marker of previous HBV. HBV react...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110036215000060 |