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Case Report
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Korean J Med. 2014;87(6):747-749. Published online December 1, 2014.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2014.87.6.747
- 혈액투석 환자에서 HbsAg의 자연소실
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전지민1, 하종건2
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1동래봉생병원 신장내과
2동래봉생병원 소화기내과
- Spontaneous Clearance of Hepatitis B Surface Antigenemia in a Hemodialysis Patient
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Ji Min Jeon1, Jong Kun Ha2
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1Department of Nephrology, Dongrae BongSeng Hospital, Busan, Korea
2Department of Gastroenterology, Dongrae BongSeng Hospital, Busan, Korea
- Corresponding author: Ji Min Jeon ,Tel: +82-51-520-5622, Fax: +82-51-520-5639, Email: 59356815@hanmail.net
- Received: February 17, 2014; Revised: April 16, 2014 Accepted: April 16, 2014.
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- Abstract
- The incidence of hepatitis B has been reported to be high in dialysis centers. Dialysis patients are at increased risk of acquiring hepatitis B due to their immunodeficient state, which impairs elimination of the hepatitis B virus; chronic dialysis patients rarely clear hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) spontaneously. Hepatitis B virus infection is associated with a high risk of hepatic complications. We report the case of a 66-year-old HBsAg-positive female patient who had undergone hemodialysis for 58 months due to end-stage renal failure and became HBsAg-negative followed by the development of hepatitis B surface antibody.
Keywords :Hemodialysis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis B surface antigen
