Life threatening liver disease during treatment with monoclonal antibodies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7692, 2009, Pages 485-

  Kaiser, Thorsten ^a   Moessner, Joachim ^a   Patel, Keyur ^b   McHutchison, John G ^b   Tillmann, Hans L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; EFALIZUMAB; ENTECAVIR; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; LAMIVUDINE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; TENOFOVIR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DRUG BINDING; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JAUNDICE; MALE; PSORIASIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 61849160282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b508     Document Type: Article

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