Adefovir dipivoxil-associated thrombocytopenia in a patient with chronic hepatitis B

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-212

  Stornaiuolo, G ^a   Amato, A ^a   Gaeta, G B ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adefovir; Chronic hepatitis B; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; LAMIVUDINE; OMEPRAZOLE; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; ADENINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUODENUM DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EROSION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROVOCATION TEST; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED;

ADENINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33746065359     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.05.015     Document Type: Article

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