Open AccessImproved Clinical Outcomes With Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis B-Induced Chronic Liver Failure Using Passive Immunization
Author(s) -
Robert G. Sawyer,
Robb W McGory,
M. J. Gaffey,
Christopher C. McCullough,
Barbara L. Shephard,
C. Webster Houlgrave,
Terry S. Ryan,
Mary C. Kuhns,
Anne L. McNamara,
Stephen H. Caldwell,
Abdulmajeed Abdulkareem,
Timothy L. Pruett
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199806000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , liver disease , transplantation , hepatitis b , hepatitis b virus , immunology , antibody , gastroenterology , viral hepatitis , virus
The goals were to summarize the results of liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B disease (HBV) at the University of Virginia, correlate pretransplant viral markers with posttransplant hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIg) requirements, and identify the relation between viral protein in the liver and clinical reinfection.