Successful treatment of hepatitis B-associated vasculitis with lamivudine [1]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 451-

  Stecevic, Veslav ^a   Pevzner, Martin M ^a   Gordon, Stuart C ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LIVER BIOPSY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LAMIVUDINE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0344059037     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200305000-00020     Document Type: Letter

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