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Clinical Evidence for Hepatitis B Transmission Resulting from Corneal Transplantation

DOI

74

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0

References

1997

Year

Richard H. Hoft, Stephen C. Pflugfelder, Richard K. Forster, Saul Ullman, Frank M. Polack, Eugene R. Schiff
Cornea

Abstract

To our knowledge, these are the first documented cases of HBV infection after corneal transplantation. Eye banks should continue to screen donors for HBV.