Systematic review of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality rates among hepatitis B virus-infected renal transplant recipients, with supplemental analyses of liver failure and all-cause mortality
Author(s) -
Clarke Brian Blackadar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.08.002
Subject(s) - medicine , seroprevalence , hbsag , hepatocellular carcinoma , population , hepatitis b virus , mortality rate , hepatitis b , gastroenterology , immunology , virus , serology , environmental health , antibody
The purpose of this review was to compare the mortality rates for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) among hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-seropositive renal transplant (RT) patients versus HBsAg-seropositive persons of the general population.
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