Recovery from Chronic Hepatitis B

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To the Editors: We would like to report a case of recovery from chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection that had developed after bone marrow transplantation. In February 1990, a 26 year-old-man was referred to us after receiving a bone marrow transplant from an anti-HBs- and anti-HBc-positive sister in August 1989. He developed rising alanine aminotransferase levels and became jaundiced with symptoms of acute hepatitis in May. He had not received a transfusion since September 1989. His only medications were cotrimoxazole and cyclosporine A. Blood tests on May 1 showed an alkaline phosphatase level of 134 IU/L (normal, less than