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RISKS OF TRANSPLANTING KIDNEYS FROM HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN-NEGATIVE, HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY-POSITIVE DONORS1,2

Roger Satterthwaite, Hamid Shidban, S. Aswad, Victor Sunga, Ramulfo Zapanta, P. Asai, T. Bogaard, Umakant Khetan, R. Méndez, Robert Mendez

Transplantation · 1997 · 67 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

Recipients of kidneys from HBsAg(-)/HBcAb(+) donors are at a small risk of hepatitis B seroconversion but are at no excess risk of graft failure or short-term morbidity or mortality.

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