Successful treatment of hepatitis B virus associated polyarteritis nodosa with a combination of prednisolone, α-interferon and lamivudine

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 677-683

  Erhardt, Andreas ^a   Sagir, Abdurrahman ^a   Guillevin, Loic ^b   Neuen Jacob, Eva ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Interferon; Lamivudine; Polyarteritis; Virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0033794771     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80025-2     Document Type: Article

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