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- Title
Mortality secondary to fulminant hepatic failure in patients with prior resolution of hepatitis B virus infection in Japan.
- Authors
Umemura, Takeji; Tanaka, Eiji; Kiyosawa, Kendo; Kumada, Hiromitsu; Japan de novo Hepatitis B Research Group
- Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation in patients with resolved HBV infection was found in 23 (4%) of 552 newly hepatitis B surface antigen-positive patients in Japan. Because one-fourth of cases develop into fulminant hepatic failure and mortality is 100%, management of HBV reactivation in patients with resolved HBV infection should be discussed.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2008, Vol 47, Issue 5, pe52
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/590968