Lamivudine in the treatment of hepatitis B virus-related polyarteritis nodosa

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 298-299

  Auguet, Teresa ^a   Barragan, Patricia ^b   Ramírez, Rafael ^a   Quer, Joan Carles ^a   Sirvent, Joan Josep ^a   Richart, Cristóbal ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI JOAN XXIII   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LAMIVUDINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NERVE BIOPSY; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LAMIVUDINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA;

EID: 35148878701     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181571944     Document Type: Article

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