| Literature DB >> 22855434 |
Gilda Tonziello1, Marintonietta Pisaturo, Antonello Sica, Maria Giovanna Ferrara, Caterina Sagnelli, Giuseppe Pasquale, Evangelista Sagnelli, Salvatore Guastafierro, Nicola Coppola.
Abstract
A female patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who tested positive for surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus and negative for hepatitis B core antibody experienced a reactivation of occult HBV infection 20 months after rituximab discontinuation despite lamivudine prophylaxis covering the 4 months of rituximab administration and the subsequent 12 months.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22855434 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0305-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infection ISSN: 0300-8126 Impact factor: 3.553