Prophylaxis and therapy of HBV infection in 20 patients treated with disease modifying antirheumatic drugs or with biological agents for rheumatic diseases
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a DNA virus transmitted predominantly by sexual contact or percutaneous exposure. HBV infection is by far the most common chronic viral infection affecting the liver in the world, and a leading cause of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Reactivation of HBV replicatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2011-09-01
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| Series: | Reumatismo |
| Online Access: | http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/350 |