Reactivation of resolved hepatitis B during rituximab therapy for rheumatoid arthritis

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived / adverse effects*
• Antirheumatic Agents / adverse effects*
• Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology
• Drug Substitution
• Guanine / analogs & derivatives
• Guanine / therapeutic use
• Hepatitis B / drug therapy*
• Hepatitis B / immunology
• Hepatitis B virus / drug effects*
• Hepatitis B virus / physiology
• Humans
• Liver Function Tests
• Male
• Rituximab
• Treatment Outcome
• Viral Load / drug effects
• Virus Activation / drug effects*