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How would you approach initiating belimumab in a patient with serologic evidence of prior hepatitis B infection?

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Rheumatology · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

The patient in question is a patient who has serologic evidence of resolved hepatitis B infection.

Of note, testing for hepatitis B is not a formal recommendation before starting belimumab. However, it is also important to point out that testing positive for hepatitis B was an exclusion criterion in...

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