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Fatal Fulminant Hepatitis from Rituximab-induced Hepatitis B Reactivation in a Patient with Follicular Lymphoma: A Case Report and a Brief Review of Literature
The objective of our study was to recognize hepatitis B reactivation as a complication of rituximab chemotherapy and to realize the importance of screening for prior Hepatitis B virus (HBV) exposure in all patients with hematologic malignancies who will receive rituximab as part of their therapy. Ri...
Autores principales: | Khan, Zarak H, Ilyas, Kamran, Ghazanfar, Haider, Khan, Hamza H, Hussain, Qulsoom, Hammad, Sahla, Munir, Ahmed, Asim, Rizwan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5931408/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29725560 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2257 |
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