Successful kidney transplantation from a deceased donor with chronic hepatitis B infection and review of literature

There is huge gap between patients requiring organ transplantation and the available organ donor pool. Various strategies are being pursued to expand the organ donor pool. Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the donor is considered a contraindication for organ donation. However, HBV infection...

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Main Authors: Dhanin Puthiyottil, A S Ramesh, Rahul Dhodapkar, Manikandan Ramanitharan, Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Nabadwip Pathak, Satyaprakash Ray Choudhury, Arjun Pradeep Vazhayil, Dorairajan Narayanan Lalgudi, Sreerag Sreenivasan Kodakkattil, Puthenpurackal S Priyamvada, Sreejith Parameswaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Transplantation
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Online Access:http://www.ijtonline.in/article.asp?issn=2212-0017;year=2019;volume=13;issue=4;spage=292;epage=296;aulast=Puthiyottil