Entecavir therapy in a hepatitis B-related decompensated cirrhotic patient

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1173-1176

  Mohanty, Smruti R ^a,b   Muneer, Badar ^c   Testa, Giuliano ^c   Millis, J M ^c  

^a MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Decompensated liver disease; Entecavir; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ENTECAVIR; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; VIRUS DNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANINE;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADD ON THERAPY; ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COLONOSCOPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPECTOMY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SPLENOMEGALY; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; GUANINE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58149335536     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318182a9fa     Document Type: Article

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