Life-threatening complications of hepatitis B virus-related polyarteritis nodosa developing despite interferon-α2b therapy: Successful treatment with a combination of interferon, lamivudine, plasma exchanges and steroids

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 290-292

  Deleaval P ^a   Stadler, P ^a   Descombes, E ^a   Hecker, E ^a   Schrago, G ^a   Chizzolini, C ^b   Nicole, A ^a   Pugin, P ^a   Regamey, C ^a  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Interferon; Lamivudine; Plasma exchange; Polyarteritis nodosa

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; VASCULITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LAMIVUDINE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034882651     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100670170050     Document Type: Article

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