Lamivudine allows completion of chemotherapy in lymphoma patients with hepatitis B reactivation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 394-396

  Silvestri, Federico ^a   Ermacora, Anna ^a   Sperotto, Alessandra ^a   Patriarca, Francesca ^a   Zaja, Francesco ^a   Damiani, Daniela ^a   Fanin, Renato ^a   Baccarani, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Hepatitis B reactivation; Lamivudine; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; LAMIVUDINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034014340     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01847.x     Document Type: Article

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