Prophylactic antiviral therapy in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in hepatitis B virus patients
Ya-Ping Liao, Jia-Lu Jiang, Wai-Yi Zou, Duo-Rong Xu, Juan Li, Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China
Author contributions: Zou WY and Li J designed the study and wrote the protocol; Zou WY and Liao YP designed the study and helped with all correspondence related to this paper; Zou WY and Liao YP instructed the whole study and manuscript writing; Liao YP, Jiang JL and Xu DR performed experimental studies; Liao YP and Jiang JL acquired the data; Liao YP managed the literature searches and analyses as well as the statistical analysis; Liao YP wrote the first draft of the manuscript; all the authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
Ethics approval: The study was reviewed and approved by Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University.
Informed consent: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest: No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported.
Data sharing: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Wai-Yi Zou, Associate Professor, Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58 Zhongshan 2nd Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510000, Guangdong Province, China. waiyizou@medmail.com.cn
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Received: August 25, 2014
Peer-review started: August 26, 2014
First decision: September 27, 2014
Revised: November 19, 2014
Accepted: January 8, 2015
Article in press: January 8, 2015
Published online: April 14, 2015