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  • Title: [Hepatitis virus B infection and hepatopathy after kidney transplantation].
    Author: Jost R, Russi E, Grob PJ, Binswanger U.
    Journal: Schweiz Med Wochenschr; 1979 Nov 24; 109(45):1748-56. PubMed ID: 390693.
    Abstract:
    Serological markers for hepatitis virus B (HBV) infection and the occurrence of hepatopathies were analyzed in 152 patients during the hemodialysis period and on average 3.8 years after receiving a renal allotransplant. At the beginning of hemodialysis, 25% of the patients showed signs of an ongoing or past infection with HBV (10% hepatitis virus B surface-antigen [HBsAG] positive and 15% anti-HBsAG positive). At the time of transplantation, 20% of the patients were positive for HBsAG and 25% had detectable anti-HBs. At the end of the study, 31% of the patients were positive for HBsAG and 25% had detectable anti-HBs. In 21 patients (14%) inflammatory liver disorders were observed: transitory hepatitis (7 patients), chronic persistent hepatitis (7 patients), chronic aggressive hepatitis (3 patients) and active cirrhosis (2 patients). Two patients had died in liver coma. All 21 patients with inflammatory hepatopathy had detectable HBsAG at the time of diagnosis, and all patients with chronic inflammatory liver disease were HBs carriers. In most of these patients the carrier state had been present for more than 3 years before diagnosis.
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