PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS VIRUS INFECTION IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION RECIPIENTS

Abstract: Infections with Hepatitis viruses B and C pose major problems both short and long term respectively after HSCT. The key to prevention for Hepatitis B disease remains vaccination for HBV-naïve patients and judicial use of anti-viral therapy in both pre- and post-transplant settings for HBV-...

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Main Authors: Suparno Chakrabarti, Somnath Mukherjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-12-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/144