Fatal liver failure caused by reactivation of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 964-969

  Suzuki, Yuka ^a   Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi ^b   Okuse, Chiaki ^a   Nagase, Yoshihiko ^a   Takahashi, Hideaki ^a   Moriya, Kyoji ^b   Suzuki, Michihiro ^a   Koike, Kazuhiko ^b   Iino, Shiro ^c   Itoh, Fumio ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Kiyokawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Interferon; Lamivudine; Polymerase; Tyrosine methionine aspatate aspartate

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; VALINE; VIDARABINE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FATALITY; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 33947531966     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i6.964     Document Type: Article

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