Successful lamivudine monotherapy in an elderly patient suffering from HBV-related decompensated cirrhosis associated with widespread leukocytoclastic vasculitis

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 531-535

  Conca, P ^a   Riccio, A ^a   Tarantino, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiviral treatment; Hepatic hydrothorax; Hepatitis B infection; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEFLAZACORT; FUROSEMIDE; HUMAN ALBUMIN; LACTULOSE; LAMIVUDINE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIURETIC THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EXTRAVASATION; GAMMOPATHY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MONOTHERAPY; NEUTROPHIL; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEINURIA; PURPURA; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH DISEASE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 67650482903     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463200902200231     Document Type: Article

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