Treatment of Lamivudine-Resistant Hepatitis B Infection in Post-Renal Transplant Patients With Adefovir Dipivoxil: Premiminary Results

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3118-3120

  de Silva, H J ^a   Dassanayake, A S ^a   Manamperi, A ^a   de Silva, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAMIVUDINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33750931569     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.08.186     Document Type: Article

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