Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3314706 | Journal of Hepatology | 2007 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia (HAA) is characterized by marrow failure developing after acute seronegative hepatitis. A patient with agammaglobulinemia developed HAA in association with HBsAg-negative, hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA-positive acute hepatitis. Sequence analysis showed several substitutions in the major antigenic determinant of HBsAg, potentially affecting the detection by diagnostic immunoassays. Viral mutants may therefore be implicated as etiologic agents of HBsAg-negative HAA. HBV DNA determination may be necessary to exclude mutant HBV as a cause of HAA, particularly in categories at high risk of mutant selection such as agammaglobulinemic and transplanted patients.
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Authors
Elisabetta Cariani, Anna Maria Pelizzari, Anna Rodella, Franco Gargiulo, Luisa Imberti, Nino Manca, Giuseppe Rossi,